CATAIR
- military aeroplane airport: a large military
airfield usually equipped with a control tower, hangars and accommodation for the
receiving and discharging of passengers or cargo. (adapted from The Macquarie Dictionary,
1988)
- civil aeroplane airport: a large airfield
usually equipped with a control tower, hangars and accommodation for the receiving and
discharging of passengers or cargo. (The Macquarie Dictionary, 1988)
- military heliport: a landing place for
helicopters controlled by the military.
- civil heliport: a landing place for
helicopters, often the roof of a building. (The Macquarie Dictionary, 1988)
- glider airfield: an area of land set aside for
the take-off and landing of gliders.
- small planes airfield: an area of land set
aside for the take-off and landing of small aeroplanes.
- emergency airfield: an area of land set aside
for the take-off and landing of aeroplanes or helicopters in times of emergency.