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Recent Examples of airstrip
In a letter distributed by his lawyer, Zambada said his godson’s goons kidnapped him at a resort in suburban Culiacán, tied him up, bundled him into the bed of a pickup, drove him to an airstrip and forced him on the plane.
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 9 Oct. 2024
How to Get There: Sansa Airlines has daily 50-minute flights from San José to Puerto Jiménez airstrip (PJM).
—Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 7 Oct. 2024
The aircraft uses ground effect to lift heavy loads without the need for an airstrip or ship port.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2024
When the permafrost under airstrips melted, the pavement buckled, and the resulting potholes could damage landing gear.
—Paul Bierman, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Sep. 2024
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 9 Oct. 2024
How to Get There: Sansa Airlines has daily 50-minute flights from San José to Puerto Jiménez airstrip (PJM).
—Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 7 Oct. 2024
The aircraft uses ground effect to lift heavy loads without the need for an airstrip or ship port.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2024
When the permafrost under airstrips melted, the pavement buckled, and the resulting potholes could damage landing gear.
—Paul Bierman, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airstrip
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Drone activity prompted at least one airport – New York’s Stewart International Airport – to temporarily close its runways for about an hour on Friday night.Zoe Sottile, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
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Hochul said runways at the Stewart International Airport in New Windsor were shut down for roughly an hour Friday night because of drone activity in the airspace.Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 14 Dec. 2024
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At the edge of a precipice, a flat surface formed a small helipad.Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
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In the game, the air taxi can be flown anywhere in the world that has a helipad or airport — including, the company was quick to stress, the demo route the Joby aircraft flew last year between the real JFK Airport and Manhattan.Nicole Kobie, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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After running the tat through a database, Janko and Danny realize that Amelia's dad is Ramírez, and Danny rushes to the heliport to intercept Amelia before her dad gets her to the chopper.EW.com, EW.com, 19 Oct. 2024
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That same day, Depp and Vlasova were photographed together at a heliport in London.Athena Sobhan, Peoplemag, 16 July 2024
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The crash site is close to Spicewood Airport, a lakeside landing strip beside a small complex of aircraft hangars.Chase Rogers, Austin American-Statesman, 23 Apr. 2024
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Boom Supersonic Lower speeds means the Overture can function over land without sonic booms and will be able to land on the same runways typical commercial aircraft like the Boeing 737 or Airbus A380 use, not needing the nearly 10,000-ft (3,048-m) landing strips that the Concorde required.New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2024
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Van Zandt purchased 278 acres of cotton fields east of 24th Street and south of the Southern Pacific railroad tracks and transformed them into a landing field.Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 25 July 2024
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And no ones sees that landing field more clearly than Michael O’Leary, Boeing’s disappointed customer, but still true believer.Shawn Tully, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2024
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“Airstrip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airstrip. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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