airfield

noun

air·​field ˈer-ˌfēld 

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

a

: airport

b

: air base

Synonyms

• airport
• aerodrome [chiefly British]
• airstrip

Examples of airfield in a Sentence

the passenger jet made an emergency landing at an abandoned airfield

Recent Examples on the Web

The robo-coyotes have been tested at a number of military airfields, including Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, famous as the home of the Blue Angels aerobatics team, Fort Campbell, Tennessee, and Naval Air Station Whiting Field, Florida. —New Atlas, 9 July 2025

Even as Russia unleashed its biggest attack on Ukraine to date on July 4, Ukraine in turn used drones to strike an airfield and other targets inside Russia. —Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025

Bloomberg can’t verify the information independently, and Russia hasn’t commented on the airfield specifically. —Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 5 July 2025

Already, dozens of trailers are lining the airfield, and trucks were seen going into the site on Tuesday afternoon, bringing in portable restrooms, generators and construction machinery, such as bulldozers, forklifts and cherry pickers. —Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 25 June 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