Awkwardly_Frank@lemmy.worldtoShowerthoughts@lemmy.world•An airport is an air-port. A port via the air.
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4 months agoHere I am calling them air fields.
Of course it’s the folks taking it back to the ancient Greek and calling them aerodromes that are on the real next level.
Side note: port isn’t the only terminology aviation has stolen from seafaring. For example: airspeed is measured in knots. Captain, pilot, and first officer were all used aboard ships first as well.