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the passenger jet made an emergency landing at an abandoned airfield
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Operations at the airfield near North Highlands has resumed.
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The aircraft flew from Predannack airfield on the Lizard Peninsula, marking a breakthrough for uncrewed military aviation.
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Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2026
Operations at the airfield near North Highlands has resumed.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 16 Jan. 2026
The aircraft flew from Predannack airfield on the Lizard Peninsula, marking a breakthrough for uncrewed military aviation.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Jan. 2026
So what happened to that busy and historic little airfield?
—Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
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“Airfield.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airfield. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
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airfield
noun
air·field
ˈa(ə)r-ˌfēld 
ˈe(ə)r-
1
: the landing field of an airport
2
: airport
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