as in airfield
a place from which aircraft operate that usually has paved runways and a terminal
landed at the aerodrome in Surrey, south of London
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Recent Examples of aerodrome
Its population — estimated at 18 in 2019 — consists only of Norwegian military personnel who operate its military aerodrome and meteorological station.
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Rachel Treisman, NPR, 3 Apr. 2025
The aim is to commercialize both piloted and autonomous civilian aircraft and the $1.4 billion will be spent creating a city-wide infrastructure for flying vehicles, with over 100 take-off and landing points in Guangzhou, a large general aviation aerodrome and a fleet of airborne taxis.
—Mike Hanlon, New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2024
And a huge concrete area that looked like an aerodrome was awaiting rebuilding as a new suburb.
—Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 May 2024
But William died six weeks later, when his racing aircraft crashed at an aerodrome near Wolverhampton.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 28 Mar. 2024
For a unique view of the area, go to the local aerodrome and take a flight on a vintage plane.
—Fiona Kerr, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2021
The fatal incident occurred around 12:45 p.m. at the aerodrome in Saint-Esprit, Quebec, which is located approximately 37 miles north of Montreal, a spokesperson for the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) confirms to PEOPLE.
—Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 7 July 2021
The company envisions rooftop aerodromes servicing a fleet of fixed-wing air taxis, carrying four passengers plus a pilot.
—Dan Neil, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2018
The military report cited by NTV says that on Sept. 16 a lieutenant colonel and a senior lieutenant carried out a sortie at 2:47 p.m. from an aerodrome to practice live fire combat exercises.
—David Filipov, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2017
Rachel Treisman, NPR, 3 Apr. 2025
The aim is to commercialize both piloted and autonomous civilian aircraft and the $1.4 billion will be spent creating a city-wide infrastructure for flying vehicles, with over 100 take-off and landing points in Guangzhou, a large general aviation aerodrome and a fleet of airborne taxis.
—Mike Hanlon, New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2024
And a huge concrete area that looked like an aerodrome was awaiting rebuilding as a new suburb.
—Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 May 2024
But William died six weeks later, when his racing aircraft crashed at an aerodrome near Wolverhampton.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 28 Mar. 2024
For a unique view of the area, go to the local aerodrome and take a flight on a vintage plane.
—Fiona Kerr, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2021
The fatal incident occurred around 12:45 p.m. at the aerodrome in Saint-Esprit, Quebec, which is located approximately 37 miles north of Montreal, a spokesperson for the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) confirms to PEOPLE.
—Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 7 July 2021
The company envisions rooftop aerodromes servicing a fleet of fixed-wing air taxis, carrying four passengers plus a pilot.
—Dan Neil, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2018
The military report cited by NTV says that on Sept. 16 a lieutenant colonel and a senior lieutenant carried out a sortie at 2:47 p.m. from an aerodrome to practice live fire combat exercises.
—David Filipov, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aerodrome
Noun
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To bring the sequence to life, production designer Mark Digby built a 360-degree set on an old airfield at Bovingdon Airfield Studios by using reference images from Google Earth and Ray’s own recollection.—
Matt Minton,
Variety,
12 Apr. 2025
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Making Warfare Filming took place outside of London at a World War II airfield that’s now a TV and film studio.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
10 Apr. 2025
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Modi held a meeting with the national security adviser, the foreign minister and other senior officials at the airport and a special security cabinet meeting had been called for 1230 GMT, a defence ministry official said.—
Fayaz Bukhari,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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Two German teenagers who recently graduated high school say they were strip-searched and detained after arriving at the Honolulu airport during their world tour.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Aerodrome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aerodrome. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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