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The center was rapidly constructed last summer on an airstrip deep in the Florida Everglades and has faced criticism since opening.
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Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 27 May 2026
Increasingly, Coleman said, multiple drug trafficking organizations have relied on these remote airstrips to move drug shipments under the protection of local officials, including high-ranking members of the Royal Bahamas Police Force.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 18 May 2026
Tristan da Cunha has 221 inhabitants and no airstrip.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 11 May 2026
The group of volcanic islands has no airstrip and is usually accessible only by boat on a six-day voyage from Cape Town, South Africa.
—Iain Sullivan, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
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Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 27 May 2026
Increasingly, Coleman said, multiple drug trafficking organizations have relied on these remote airstrips to move drug shipments under the protection of local officials, including high-ranking members of the Royal Bahamas Police Force.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 18 May 2026
Tristan da Cunha has 221 inhabitants and no airstrip.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 11 May 2026
The group of volcanic islands has no airstrip and is usually accessible only by boat on a six-day voyage from Cape Town, South Africa.
—Iain Sullivan, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
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“Airstrip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airstrip. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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airstrip
noun
air·strip
-ˌstrip 
: a runway without normal air base or airport equipment
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