An airport is an air-port. A port via the air.
An airport is an air-port. A port via the air.
Not actually a shower thought, saw an old document that labeled it air-port. I don't think I would have ever made the connection.
(I've found people can be rude about word breakdowns, but I'm posting it anyway. Be better.)
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Here 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.
Don't forget mile high club!
.......of coarse, pirates were at sea for months with a boat full of drugs, and no women.
What? You never considered the possibility that old timey pirates were a boat full of gay dudes high off their ass?
Speaking of their asses....
Oh! In Dutch they're called that!
Well, they're actually called “vliegveld” (/ˈfliːχ.fɛlt/; vlEEh-vElt); vlieg=fly(ing), veld=field. It's a flying-field!