Examples of airfield in a Sentence
the passenger jet made an emergency landing at an abandoned airfield
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The island’s ports and airfields now serve as critical hubs for refueling, resupply, and surveillance.
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Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, Heathrow Airport was first opened as a small airfield in 1930, becoming a larger travel hub — and eventually, London's primary and largest airport — in the years following World War II.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
Engineers say the aircraft could take off from 2,600-meter (8,530-foot) semi-prepared runways, even carrying its full payload, allowing deployment from remote or rugged airfields.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025
Even a small peninsula could host a basic airfield and seaport to facilitate the movement of people and aid, severing Gaza’s unhealthy dependency on Israel and Egypt.
—Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, The Atlantic, 23 Sep. 2025
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Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, Heathrow Airport was first opened as a small airfield in 1930, becoming a larger travel hub — and eventually, London's primary and largest airport — in the years following World War II.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
Engineers say the aircraft could take off from 2,600-meter (8,530-foot) semi-prepared runways, even carrying its full payload, allowing deployment from remote or rugged airfields.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025
Even a small peninsula could host a basic airfield and seaport to facilitate the movement of people and aid, severing Gaza’s unhealthy dependency on Israel and Egypt.
—Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, The Atlantic, 23 Sep. 2025
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“Airfield.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airfield. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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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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