Aerodrome (disambiguation)
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Aerodrome or airdrome may refer to:
- AerodromeAerodromeAn aerodrome, airdrome or airfield is a term for any location from which aircraft flight operations take place, regardless of whether they involve cargo, passengers or neither...
, any place at which flight operations take place. In British English, it refers chiefly to a small airport or airfield. - The AerodromeThe AerodromeThe Aerodrome was a nightclub located at 1588 State Street in Schenectady, New York.The Aerodrome was established in 1967 by Jack Rubin of Chicago. The building was originally a 32-lane bowling alley named 'Woodlawn Lanes', which was converted by Rubin into a music venue...
, a former nightclub in Schenectady, New York. - Terminal Aerodrome ForecastTerminal Aerodrome ForecastIn meteorology and aviation, TAF is a format for reporting weather forecast information, particularly as it relates to aviation. "TAF" is an acronym of Terminal Aerodrome Forecast or, in some countries, Terminal Area Forecast....
, an international format for reporting aviation weather forecastWeather forecastingWeather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere for a given location. Human beings have attempted to predict the weather informally for millennia, and formally since the nineteenth century...
information. - Aerodrome (festival), a music festival that takes place near Wiener Neustadt, Austria
- Langley AerodromeLangley AerodromeThe Langley Aerodrome was a pioneering but unsuccessful manned, powered flying machine designed at the close of the 19th century by Smithsonian Institution Secretary Samuel Langley. The U.S...
, a pioneering but unsuccessful series of powered flying machines designed at the close of the 19th century by Smithsonian Institution Secretary Samuel Langley - An ice-skating rink in Houston, TexasHouston, TexasHouston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...
- Airdrome, Richard and Maurice McDonald's first food venture, a hot-dog stand in Monrovia, CaliforniaMonrovia, CaliforniaMonrovia is a city located in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 36,590 at the 2010 census, down from 36,929 at the 2000 census...
, before moving the entire building to San Bernardino in 1940 and renaming it McDonald%27s - Aerodrome, the title of a World War I aviation miniatures series.
- The Aerodrome, a 1941 novel by Rex WarnerRex WarnerRex Warner was an English classicist, writer and translator. He is now probably best remembered for The Aerodrome , an allegorical novel whose young hero is faced with the disintegration of his certainties about his loved ones and with a choice between the earthy, animalistic life of his home...
- The word is also used in several countries for routine aviation weather forecasting