as in airport
a place from which aircraft operate that usually has paved runways and a terminal
the passenger jet made an emergency landing at an abandoned airfield
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Recent Examples of airfield
Its fleet operates from 14 airfields and 11 helicopter bases across the state that can reach most fires within about 20 minutes.
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Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 12 Jan. 2025
The airfield is located about 600 kilometers from Ukraine's border and remains a key facility in Russia's military operations.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Hours before air-raid warnings were issued for Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian drones attacked an oil depot near a critical military airfield in southern Russia.
—Cassandra Vinograd, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
The airport temporarily closed its runways Monday night so crews could remove snow and focus on preventing refreezing on the airfield.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
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Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 12 Jan. 2025
The airfield is located about 600 kilometers from Ukraine's border and remains a key facility in Russia's military operations.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Hours before air-raid warnings were issued for Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian drones attacked an oil depot near a critical military airfield in southern Russia.
—Cassandra Vinograd, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
The airport temporarily closed its runways Monday night so crews could remove snow and focus on preventing refreezing on the airfield.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airfield
Noun
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The airport's main runway measures about 5,700 feet, according to the Federal Aviation Administration's website.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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The airport's plans will affect nearly half of the property, along with nearly all of its more than nine miles of bike trails, WRAL reports.—
Lucille Sherman,
Axios,
28 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The aim is to commercialize both piloted and autonomous civilian aircraft and the $1.4 billion will be spent creating a city-wide infrastructure for flying vehicles, with over 100 take-off and landing points in Guangzhou, a large general aviation aerodrome and a fleet of airborne taxis.—
Mike Hanlon,
New Atlas,
13 Aug. 2024
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And a huge concrete area that looked like an aerodrome was awaiting rebuilding as a new suburb.—
Charlie Hobbs,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 May 2024
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The airstrip, which appears to be 2.4 kilometers [1.5 miles] long, is still under construction.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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With the launch of the two new routes, Lindblad passengers now have the option to fly in and out of an airstrip at a permanent Chilean research station on King George Island.—
Elizabeth Brownfield,
Forbes,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Airfield.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airfield. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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