[Tagging] Aerodrome classification

[Graeme Fitzpatrick]

On Mon, 20 May 2019 at 22:12, Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenberg at gmail.com>
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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