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.—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 See All Example Sentences for airfield
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