Definition of airport
: a place from which aircraft operate that usually has paved runways and maintenance facilities and often serves as a terminal
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Examples of airport in a Sentence
the airport nearest us has plane service on only one major airline
Recent Examples of airport from the Web
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Rostov-on-Don got an almost identical aid package as Nizhny Novgorod to spend on infrastructure improvements: new airport terminals and roads, as well as a new stadium that opened in May. But not every project begun for the World Cup was completed.
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But Puerto Rico, a thousand miles from the mainland and further isolated by the closing of ports and airports, received a relative trickle of emergency responders at first.
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Access to an airport security system can cost as little as $10.
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Anyone else get annoyed when airport personnel cut the line at security?
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In addition, gratuities and airport transfers also are included.
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The airport panels are expected to generate 65 kilowatts of energy when the sun is shining.
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Sheraton Ontario Airport is your basic, boxy airport hotel, with a restaurant, bar and 165 rooms.
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At the time, the company was still trying to win the KCI airport development contract that eventually went to Edgemoor.
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First Known Use of airport
1902
AIRPORT Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of airport for English Language Learners
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: a place where aircraft land and take off and where there are buildings for passengers to wait in and for aircraft to be sheltered
AIRPORT Defined for Kids
Definition of airport for Students
: a place where aircraft land and take off and where there are usually buildings for passengers to wait in and for aircraft and equipment to be kept
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