airfield

noun

air·​field ˈer-ˌfēld 

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

a

: airport

b

: air base

Synonyms of airfield

• airport
• aerodrome
• airstrip

Examples of airfield in a Sentence

the passenger jet made an emergency landing at an abandoned airfield

Recent Examples on the Web

The airfield and air traffic control tower weren't impacted, so planes could keep landing and taking off, meaning no flights were canceled, a spokesperson for the airport said. —Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 11 June 2026

Wartime priorities delayed development until 1945, when the city of Chicago selected the Orchard site—then still controlled by the military—for a new municipal airfield. —Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 June 2026

Iran closed the airspace around Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport, the country’s main airfield, after the Israeli attack. —Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026

The daring attack, a symbol of Ukraine's innovative drone efforts reminiscent of that stunning operation last year in which Ukraine hid drones in shipping trucks, releasing them deep in Russia and striking military airfields. —ABC News, 7 June 2026

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