airdrome

[ air-drohm ]

noun

1. a landing field for airplanes that has extensive buildings, equipment, shelters, etc.; airport.

airdrome

/ ˈɛəˌdrəʊm /

noun

1. the US name for aerodrome

Word History and Origins

Origin of airdrome¹

First recorded in 1915–20; air ¹ + -drome

Example Sentences

At Brussels airport, 60% of flights were canceled, while the Charleroi airdrome was shut down.

From Seattle Times

The airdrome had been bombed eight months before, and knobby slabs of white stone rubble had been bulldozed into flat- topped heaps on both sides of the entrance through the wire fence surrounding the field.

From Literature

After more than twelve hours in the air, they made an emergency landing on Sicily, at an airdrome held by British forces.

From Time

The setting, at the height of World War II, is a hotel in Lincolnshire, a gathering spot for Royal Air Force  fighters stationed at a nearby airdrome.

From Los Angeles Times

Then there were to be airplane factories on the same airdrome.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• airfield
• airstrip
• installation
• runway