Examples of airfield in a Sentence
the passenger jet made an emergency landing at an abandoned airfield
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Ukrainian drones struck the Marinovka airfield in Russia’s Volgograd Oblast on June 27, damaging or destroying four Su-34s.
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Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 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
How does your hometown airfield stack up?
—Zach Wichter, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
San Clemente Island has an airfield, a bombing range and a training facility used by special operations units.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
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Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 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
How does your hometown airfield stack up?
—Zach Wichter, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
San Clemente Island has an airfield, a bombing range and a training facility used by special operations units.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Airfield.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airfield. Accessed 7 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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