airport

noun

air·​port ˈer-ˌpȯrt 

: a place from which aircraft operate that usually has paved runways and maintenance facilities and often serves as a terminal

Synonyms of airport

• airfield
• aerodrome

Examples of airport in a Sentence

the airport nearest us has plane service on only one major airline

Recent Examples on the Web

An airport offers, if not exactly an equitable experience (there are Clear lines, lounge archipelagos), then at least a perceptible simulacrum of equality, in that everyone rides the same people movers past the same Cinnabons. —Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026

After a kind gesture to airport employees in Georgia didn't go as planned, Tyler Perry found a workaround. —Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026

As airports across the country continue to deal with long waits, travelers with upcoming flights should plan ahead, arrive early, and closely monitor airport and airline updates. —Andrew Adeolu, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026

Agents have fanned out this week in 14 airports nationwide to assist with TSA staffing shortages and record-long lines and waits. —Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1902, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for airport

• abort
• alport
• athwart
• carport
• comport
• consort
• deport
• distort
• escort
• exhort
• extort
• forecourt

Kids Definition

airport

noun

air·​port ˈa(ə)r-ˌpōrt 

ˈe(ə)r-, 

-ˌpȯrt

: a place from which aircraft operate that usually has paved runways and maintenance facilities and often serves as a terminal