airfield

noun

air·​field ˈer-ˌfēld 

: an area of land from which aircraft operate: such as

a

: airport

b

: air base

Synonyms of airfield

• airport
• aerodrome
• airstrip

Examples of airfield in a Sentence

the passenger jet made an emergency landing at an abandoned airfield

Recent Examples on the Web

In June, Operation Spiderweb saw Ukraine unleash swarms of drones at several Russian airfields, destroying at least 10 planes and damaging dozens of others. —Alexander Smith, NBC news, 22 Dec. 2025

Miami’s airport started out as a simple airfield and grew into a simple and intimate place to fly commercial before a building boom in the 1960s and through the continuing growth today. —Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025

Associated Press Saigon correspondents Richard Pyle, left and Peter Arnett on an airfield in Vietnam, date unknown. —CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025

Venezuelan military bases could be among the potential targets, Cancian told , while going after the cartels would involve strikes on cartel leadership, production facilities, smuggling airfields and warehouses at ports. —Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1919, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for airfield

• afield
• annealed
• appealed
• brownfield
• coalfield
• concealed
• congealed
• cornfield
• downfield
• goldfield
• hayfield
• infield

Kids Definition

airfield

noun

air·​field ˈa(ə)r-ˌfēld 

ˈe(ə)r-

1

: the landing field of an airport

2

: airport