[RFC] Feature Proposal – Aerodrome Descriptive Tags (version 2)

This is a continuation of the Aerodrome Classification RFC.

The voting for the previous proposal ended in rejection, mainly due to disagreement over the suitability of the classification definitions.

As a result, I’ve changed the aim of the proposal. Instead of making a new classification system the proposal will be based only on currently in-use tags.

Link to proposal page.

Summary:

Currently multiple natures of values are being stuffed into the same tags (aerodrome=* and aerodrome:type=*) when describing aerodromes. The proposal aims to sort each nature into their own suitable tag.

usage=* takes values describing how the aerodrome is used.

access=* takes values describing who can use the aerodrome.

sport=* takes values describing which airsports are practiced at the aerodrome.

port_of_entry=* describes whether the aerodrome takes international traffic or not.

aerodrome=* takes values describing what type the aerodrome is.

Starting values for each tag are proposed based on currently in-use values.

There are also separate tags for special types of aerodromes.

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