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Dating from the 1930s and replacing the earlier "aerodrome" and "airdrome", the word "airport" is a reminder of the time when such places were actual ports, run by the city to which they were attached.
(Mr. Jackson keeps part of his collection of World War I-era planes at the local airdrome).
"He kept himself aloof from the emergency situation, by this confirming the motive of completing the task of mandatory landing at the destination airdrome," the report says, remarking that the presence of high-ranking officials in the cockpit "evidently increased the stress and distracted the crew from their duties".
The air traffic controllers are alerted that the potential exists that the airdrome around the airport could get shut down.
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Daylight saving killed a family operated airdrome-nickelodeon at Spring Lake, New Jersey.
More planes and passengers pass through Newark than through the combined airdromes of London, Paris and Berlin.
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