airport

noun

air·​port ˈer-ˌpȯrt 

: a place from which aircraft operate that usually has paved runways and maintenance facilities and often serves as a terminal

Synonyms of airport

• airfield
• aerodrome

Examples of airport in a Sentence

the airport nearest us has plane service on only one major airline

Recent Examples on the Web

The truck was en route to deliver bread to the airport when it was grazed by the plane. —Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 4 May 2026

The man’s wife collapsed at an airport in South Africa trying to take a flight to her home country of the Netherlands, the department said. —Gerald Imray, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2026

That included money spent by families at the local municipal airport, where some campers were ferried to the remote beauty of Hill Country in private planes. —Andy Rose, CNN Money, 3 May 2026

However, airport security became concerned with the actual safety of transporting the robot as a passenger. —Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 3 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1902, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for airport

• abort
• alport
• athwart
• carport
• comport
• consort
• deport
• distort
• escort
• exhort
• extort
• forecourt

Kids Definition

airport

noun

air·​port ˈa(ə)r-ˌpōrt 

ˈe(ə)r-, 

-ˌpȯrt

: a place from which aircraft operate that usually has paved runways and maintenance facilities and often serves as a terminal