On Mon, 20 May 2019 at 22:12, Joseph Eisenberg <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I believe we can make a reasonable distinction between major classes > of aerodromes: > > 1) Airstrips without buildings or any other developed features > > 2) Developed general aviation aerodromes which do not offer any > regularly scheduled public, commercial passenger service > > 3) Commercial airports which offer regularly scheduled commercial > passenger service > I'd go along with these definitions *Airstrips* are simple grass or dirt strips with no, or very limited, facilities, that may be either private, or open to all aircraft. *Aerodromes* are established facilities, usually with a sealed runway/s & taxiways & other facilities eg hangars & fuel, but which don't operate commercial services. These would often be flying clubs eg https://www.gcsfc.org.au/ *Airports* are anything that operate what is called RPT: *Regular Public Transport* Flight operations performed for remuneration and conducted to fixed schedules over specific routes, and on which seats and/or cargo space is available to the general public. It doesn't matter whether it's the above mentioned Barra or Heathrow / LAX / Frankfurt - if it operates RPT it's an airport, if it doesn't, it's not. Also note that cargo is still classified as RPT, so a cargo-only airport, would still be an airport. I'm not certain how best to work places such as Newcastle Airport https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle_Airport_(New_South_Wales) / RAAF Williamtown https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAAF_Base_Williamtown, which share a common runway, with the civillian terminal on one side & military operations on the other - 2 tags, one airway=airport & the other military=airbase? Thanks Graeme
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