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The details of the crash were also detailed in an incident report from the Aviation Safety Network, which alleged that the two-person glider crashed shortly after takeoff at the private airstrip and that the aircraft sustained substantial damage.
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Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 28 Dec. 2025
Earhart’s voyage was one of 20 transatlantic flights attempted from the town’s bucolic airstrip.
—Andy Rose, CNN Money, 21 Dec. 2025
Location Baines’ is a 15-minute small plane flight from Botswana's Maun International Airport (MUB) to the local, shared airstrip, followed by a drive.
—Travis Levius, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2025
For twenty years, Madsen has been calling for the construction of an airstrip on a relatively flat stretch of land between Ittoqqortoormiit and Cape Tobin—step one of many in making this a reality.
—Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
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Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 28 Dec. 2025
Earhart’s voyage was one of 20 transatlantic flights attempted from the town’s bucolic airstrip.
—Andy Rose, CNN Money, 21 Dec. 2025
Location Baines’ is a 15-minute small plane flight from Botswana's Maun International Airport (MUB) to the local, shared airstrip, followed by a drive.
—Travis Levius, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2025
For twenty years, Madsen has been calling for the construction of an airstrip on a relatively flat stretch of land between Ittoqqortoormiit and Cape Tobin—step one of many in making this a reality.
—Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
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“Airstrip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airstrip. Accessed 2 Jan. 2026.
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airstrip
noun
air·strip
-ˌstrip 
: a runway without normal air base or airport equipment
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