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[[File:Cotswold airport at kemble from helicopter arp.jpg|thumb|upright=1.35|[[Cotswold Airport]] in [[England]]]]
[[File:Pulkovo airport.jpg|thumb|upright=1.35|[[Pulkovo Airport]], near Saint Petersburg, Russia]]
An '''aerodrome''' ([[English in the Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth English]]) or '''airdrome''' ([[American English]]) is a location from which [[aircraft]] [[flight]] operations take place, regardless of whether they involve [[air cargo]], passengers, or neither. Aerodromes include small [[general aviation]] airfields, large [[Commercial aviation|commercial]] [[airport]]s, and [[military airbase]]s.
The term ''[[airport]]'' may imply a certain stature (having satisfied certain certification criteria or regulatory requirements) that not all aerodromes may have achieved. That means that all airports are aerodromes, but not all aerodromes are airports. Usage of the term "aerodrome" remains more common in the UK, Ireland and Commonwealth nations; in American English, it is only used for a facility specialized in [[antique aircraft|antique]] or [[ultralight aircraft]].{{Original research inline|date=January 2018}}
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