airfield

noun

air·​field ˈer-ˌfēld 

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

a

: airport

b

: air base

Synonyms

• aerodrome [chiefly British]
• airdrome
• airport
• field

Examples of airfield in a Sentence

the passenger jet made an emergency landing at an abandoned airfield

Recent Examples on the Web

To bring the sequence to life, production designer Mark Digby built a 360-degree set on an old airfield at Bovingdon Airfield Studios by using reference images from Google Earth and Ray’s own recollection. —Matt Minton, Variety, 12 Apr. 2025

Making Warfare Filming took place outside of London at a World War II airfield that’s now a TV and film studio. —Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 10 Apr. 2025

Miramar, a Broward County city, led the opposition to the mayor’s prior pick of an idle county airfield in northern Miami-Dade. —Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025

Ukraine launched dozens of drones over large swathes of Russia overnight Monday, with three military airfields said to be among the targets. —Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 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