[Tagging] Aeroway=Aerodrome Modifier Tags?

[John Smith]

On 15 June 2010 13:02, Zeke Farwell <ezekielf at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the link, Dave.  I've though about similar classification schemes
> to what's listed there.  Something like this in decreasing importance:
> aerodrome = international
> aerodrome = regional
> aerodrome = local
> The problem I see with this terminology is that it's more subjective, and
> it's harder to define based on physical characteristics.  A very small
> airfield may in fact classified as an international airport because it
> receives the occasional international flight.  This doesn't mean it has the
> same level of importance as Heathrow in london or JFK in the US.

Exactly, tagging things as international doesn't help.

I think we would be better classifying things based on approximate air
traffic per day, the number of run ways, and so no, alternatively we
could just tag these things individually:

air_traffic=1000
runways=10