Definition of Airdrome

1. Noun. An airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo.


Definition of Airdrome

1. Noun. A location where aircraft are operated. Usually with a runway and maintenance facilities. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Airdrome

1. an airport [n -S] - See also: airport

Lexicographical Neighbors of Airdrome

aircrane
aircranes
aircrew
aircrewman
aircrewmen
aircrews
airdash
airdashed
airdashes
airdashing
airdate
airdates
airdock
airdocks
airdrawn
airdrome (current term)
airdromes
airdrop
airdroppable
airdropped
airdropping
airdrops
aire
aired
aired out
airer
airers
aires
airest
airfare

Literary usage of Airdrome

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Organization of Aeronautic Contests and Contest Rules: Including Statutes by Aero Club of America, International Aeronautic Federation Statutes and General Regulations (1922)
"The Grand Stand and Reserved Parking Space shall never be placed on the airdrome across the direction of the line of flight of the course, ..."

2. The Urgent Importance of Taking Immediate Steps to Provide Airports for San by Charles Hobart Baldwin (1912)
"was at that time, and it still is, a far more complete airport, and a far better equipped one, than the San Francisco Bay airdrome; but these qualities ..."

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