airport

noun

air·​port ˈer-ˌpȯrt How to pronounce airport (audio)
: a place from which aircraft operate that usually has paved runways and maintenance facilities and often serves as a terminal

Examples of airport in a Sentence

the airport nearest us has plane service on only one major airline
Recent Examples on the Web Researchers analyzed airport maps and Google Maps to determine the walking distance in each terminal to the nearest and farthest gates. Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2024 Customers were impressed with its durable design that holds up against rough airport handling time and time again and love the roomy interior. David Moses, Travel + Leisure, 23 Mar. 2024 Saturday morning Jill Biden flew to a Palm Springs airport to speak at another fundraising event in Rancho Mirage, according to the White House. Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2024 In an effort to mitigate the challenges airport employees can face when searching for child care, the city of Phoenix dedicated $5 million of American Rescue Plan Act funds to the project in 2021. Lux Butler, The Arizona Republic, 23 Mar. 2024 Officially, airport security workers are demanding a 15 percent raise to keep up with inflation, but many seemed more frustrated with shift schedules that force them to stand for up to six hours without a break. Erika Solomon, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024 Not only would the lot compete with the city’s own airport parking operations, but $5.5 million of that property tax handout would go to build two roundabouts on the airport’s main access road. Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024 That’s been on hold since the COVID-19 pandemic and is a total renovation of its international concourse, a currently unused section of the airport. David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2024 Those options effectively evaporated this month when heavily armed gangs attacked the main airport here, shutting it down and locking out Prime Minister Ariel Henry. Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1902, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of airport was in 1902

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“Airport.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airport. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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airport

noun
air·​port ˈa(ə)r-ˌpōrt How to pronounce airport (audio)
ˈe(ə)r-,
-ˌpȯrt
: a place from which aircraft operate that usually has paved runways and maintenance facilities and often serves as a terminal

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