did some google on the aerodrome question
http://www.pprune.org/archive/index.php/t-88830.html
not sure how valid -just here for info and sharing….
AERODROME
Description used, probably since before the First World War, to
describe a location set aside primarily for the use of aeroplanes.
In everyday use until 1942, when Winston Churchill decreed that
henceforth all “Aerodromes” will be re-titled “Airfield” following
the US entry into the European war. Some publications still use the
term “Aerodrome”. Why I dont know, as there is little hope of
bringing the title back into general use.
AIRPORT
Civil passenger and freight operations. Most airports allow general
aviation activity and some also support military bases.
AIRFIELD
Since 1942, the title “Airfield” can discribe any site from a large
military aviation base, right down to a private site with a single
hard runway, with one hanger and training facilities, for which they
have to be licenced
AIRSTRIP
Usually, private grass strip/s, from which one or more fixed wing
aircraft operate. Hanger/s, but no training allowed.
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