: a place from which aircraft operate that usually has paved runways and maintenance facilities and often serves as a terminal
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the airport nearest us has plane service on only one major airline
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Rachel Trujillo, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
According to flight tracking service Flightradar24, early on Sunday, commercial flights were using routings typically used when Poland’s Lublin and Rzeszow airports near the border with Ukraine were closed.
—CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
That’s after Denmark also reported drones flying above its airports and largest military base.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
What started as a simple coffee shop grew to become a restaurant and catering company with an outpost at Hartsfield-Jackson airport.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
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“Airport.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airport. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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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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