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
The names of the three men killed during Wednesday’s building collapse at the Boise Airport airfield were released by the Ada County Coroner’s Office on Friday morning.
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Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 30 Jan. 2025
Another 124 individuals were also shipped to San Salvador’s airfield under different federal laws.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 17 Mar. 2025
In the incident captured in the new viral video, Trump was taking questions from journalists at a military airfield when a reporter nudged a boom microphone across his face, apparently by accident.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
Planning is underway to add a seventh runway before 2035, which would give DIA one of the largest airfields, and an eighth by 2045.
—Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, 7 Mar. 2025
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Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 30 Jan. 2025
Another 124 individuals were also shipped to San Salvador’s airfield under different federal laws.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 17 Mar. 2025
In the incident captured in the new viral video, Trump was taking questions from journalists at a military airfield when a reporter nudged a boom microphone across his face, apparently by accident.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
Planning is underway to add a seventh runway before 2035, which would give DIA one of the largest airfields, and an eighth by 2045.
—Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airfield
Noun
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating after a Delta Air Lines plane nearly crashed midair with a T-38 Air Force jet Friday near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), just months after a January collision at the airport claimed 67 lives.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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The gathering near the airport had been planned as a peaceful rally, but trouble began when some protesters in a white pickup drove at a police barricade.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Mar. 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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There is one single airstrip and a helipad available to the base, which has four visits a year, according to COMNAP.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
18 Mar. 2025
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Sure, the MiGs can spread out across airstrips and highways and operate for as long as their ground crews can refuel, rearm and repair them.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Airfield.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airfield. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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