: 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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Flight reductions at 40 airports mandated by the Federal Aviation Administration earlier this month are set to come to an end Monday morning, according to a joint statement from United States Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford.
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Amanda Musa, CNN Money, 17 Nov. 2025
The index compared 50 popular European cities by flight time, airport-transfer cost and duration, average hotel prices, and how travelers rated each city’s top attraction.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 16 Nov. 2025
It was also recently named the world’s most connected airport in a 2025 analysis by the Airports Council International (ACI) Europe, offering direct flights to around 340 destinations, according to Istanbul Airport's CEO, Selahattin Bilgen.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2025
That means that the state does not face the kind of upheaval recently experienced in a federal government shutdown, when employees were not paid, flights were cut at airports and recipients did not receive food benefits on time.
—Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 16 Nov. 2025
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Amanda Musa, CNN Money, 17 Nov. 2025
The index compared 50 popular European cities by flight time, airport-transfer cost and duration, average hotel prices, and how travelers rated each city’s top attraction.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 16 Nov. 2025
It was also recently named the world’s most connected airport in a 2025 analysis by the Airports Council International (ACI) Europe, offering direct flights to around 340 destinations, according to Istanbul Airport's CEO, Selahattin Bilgen.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2025
That means that the state does not face the kind of upheaval recently experienced in a federal government shutdown, when employees were not paid, flights were cut at airports and recipients did not receive food benefits on time.
—Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 16 Nov. 2025
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“Airport.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airport. Accessed 19 Nov. 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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