: a place from which aircraft operate that usually has paved runways and maintenance facilities and often serves as a terminal
Synonyms of airport
Examples of airport in a Sentence
the airport nearest us has plane service on only one major airline
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Many trafficked individuals are smuggled into the country illegally, and yet there are others who arrive, as Djena did, with a visa and a name to ask for at the airport.
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Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
What doesn’t make sense is why the same amenity is not available at the airport in West Palm Beach.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 17 May 2026
Debris fell on Russia’s largest airport without causing damage.
—Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026
Not to mention, he's had the airport and a major road in town named after him.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 17 May 2026
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Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
What doesn’t make sense is why the same amenity is not available at the airport in West Palm Beach.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 17 May 2026
Debris fell on Russia’s largest airport without causing damage.
—Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026
Not to mention, he's had the airport and a major road in town named after him.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 17 May 2026
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“Airport.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airport. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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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
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