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airfield

noun

ˈer-ˌfēld

Definition of airfield

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 One incident resulted in more than $2,000 in damage after a man crashed through a fence and drove onto the airfield. — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026 The snafu took place on Monday ahead of a groundbreaking ceremony for a new training facility for missile operators at a nearby federal airfield in Santa Barbara. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 20 Aug. 2026 Of those, 1,022 involved unauthorized pedestrians or vehicles entering the airfield. — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 17 Aug. 2026 The community will also include a bilingual K-12 private school, a 24-hour medical and wellness center, an organic farm, a private airfield, beach clubs, a racquet and field club, an equestrian center, and two championship golf courses. — Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for airfield

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Palace matched Sunderland’s agreement with the French side and, at one stage, both clubs had a plane waiting at Lyon’s airport to bring Fofana to England.

— David Ornstein, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Saudi Arabia has promised to build desalination plants and two airports, and invest in telecommunications projects worth more than $1 billion.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of airport

Noun

The former often requires irregular cargo like radar systems, missile launchers, helicopters, engineering gear, bridge-laying equipment, etc, delivered to areas with no existing aerodromes.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 5 July 2026
Jean-Christophe Verhaegen / AFP via Getty Images The aircraft, registered in Germany, crashed in a grassy area near the runway of the Nancy-Essey aerodrome, close to a residential area and two roads, an AFP journalist reported.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 June 2026

Definition of aerodrome

Noun

Still, the scale of the construction shows that Lop Nur is becoming much more than an isolated desert airstrip.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
The neighborhood Phaplu is a Himalayan village with an airstrip where helicopters and small planes arrive from Kathmandu.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of airstrip

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