airdrome

[ air-drohm ]

/ ˈɛərˌdroʊm /

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

Also especially British, aerodrome.

Origin of airdrome

First recorded in 1915–20; air¹ + -drome

Bills one chance lay in his being able to jockey his plane, crippled as it was, back to the airdrome.

Bill Bruce on Forest Patrol |Henry Harley Arnold
They had seen the airplanes swarming from the ground—they would know an airdrome next time from the air.

Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 |Various
The lights here on the airdrome will be sufficient to land by.

Bill Bruce on Forest Patrol |Henry Harley Arnold
Bruce, you will leave with your Flight when you have straightened up the airdrome.

Bill Bruce on Forest Patrol |Henry Harley Arnold

At that moment two men from the airdrome came running out and demanded an explanation of what had happened.

Secrets of the Andes |James H. Foster

airdrome

/ (ˈɛəˌdrəʊm) /

the US name for aerodrome