What is Aerodrome?

Information about Aerodrome

An aerodrome is any place from and to which flight operations take place. The term is used in Britain as it has the same spelling in French. In the United States, the word was modified into airdrome but has become obsolete since the Second World War. In Canada[1] and Australia[2] usage it is a legal term of art for any area of land or water used for aircraft operation, regardless of facilities.

The Canadian act says "...for the most part, all of Canada can be an aerodrome.", however there are also "registered aerodromes" and "certified airports". To become a registered aerodrome the operator must maintain certain standards and keep the Minister of Transport informed of any changes. To be certifed as an airport the aerodrome, which usually supports commercial operations, must meet certain safety standards.<ref name="TC" />

A water aerodrome is an area of open water used regularly by seaplanes for landing and taking off. The Canadian government publishes a directory of Canadian Water Aerodromes in the Water Aerodrome Supplement (WAS).[3]

Etymologically, the word was created on the basis of "Hippodrome", a word going back to Classical Antiquity and especially famous for the Hippodrome of Constantinople during the Byzantine Empire.

In Science Fiction stories written in the 1930s and early 1940s the term "Spacedrome" was frequently used in fictional depictions of a space travelling future. This word, however, has gradually dropped out of use in science ficion.

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French (français, pronounced [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ]) is a Romance language originally spoken in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Switzerland, and today by about 300 million people around the world as either
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Technical terminology is the specialized vocabulary of a field. These terms have specific definitions within the field, which is not necessarily the same as their meaning in common use.
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The Minister of Transport (French: Ministre des Transports) is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for overseeing the federal government's transportation regulatory and development department, Transport Canada.
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seaplane is a fixed-wing aircraft designed to take off and land (or "alight") upon water. Seaplanes can be divided into separate categories such as float planes, flying boats, and amphibious aircraft ("amphibians").
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Canada Flight Supplement (CFS) (French: Canada Supplément de vol) is the nation's official airport directory. It contains information on every registered Canadian and certain North Atlantic aerodromes and certified airports.
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A Hippodrome (Gr. from hippos, horse, and dromos, race, course) was a course provided by the Greeks for horse racing and chariot racing. Some present-day horse racing tracks are also called hippodromes, for example the Central Moscow Hippodrome.
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Hippodrome of Constantinople (Turkish: Sultanahmet Meydanı) was a horse-racing track that was the sporting and social centre of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire and the largest city in Europe.
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Byzantine Empire or Byzantium is the term conventionally used since the 19th century to describe the Greek-speaking Roman Empire of the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople.
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