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In the South China Sea, the Chinese have built seven artificial islands that serve as bases, complete with airstrips and hangars, for Chinese ships and aircraft.
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Jane Perlez, Foreign Affairs, 5 July 2024
The parade begins at 4:30 p.m. at the village airstrip and concludes at the recreation center, where the cookout will start at 6 p.m. The fireworks show will begin around 9:15 p.m. at 11636 Dogwood Drive and will also be visible north of Point 4 on Beaver Lake.
—arkansasonline.com, 29 June 2024
Plata benefits from strategic infrastructure, hosting the only airstrip in the area, which also provides access to the Snowline Gold project.
—Kansas City Star, 20 June 2024
The pilot of a small plane that crashed into a campground in Plymouth earlier this month lost power to her engine more than 5,000 feet in the air and tried to glide her way to an airstrip about a mile away from the crash site, according to a preliminary report.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2024
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Jane Perlez, Foreign Affairs, 5 July 2024
The parade begins at 4:30 p.m. at the village airstrip and concludes at the recreation center, where the cookout will start at 6 p.m. The fireworks show will begin around 9:15 p.m. at 11636 Dogwood Drive and will also be visible north of Point 4 on Beaver Lake.
—arkansasonline.com, 29 June 2024
Plata benefits from strategic infrastructure, hosting the only airstrip in the area, which also provides access to the Snowline Gold project.
—Kansas City Star, 20 June 2024
The pilot of a small plane that crashed into a campground in Plymouth earlier this month lost power to her engine more than 5,000 feet in the air and tried to glide her way to an airstrip about a mile away from the crash site, according to a preliminary report.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2024
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airstrip
noun
air·strip
-ˌstrip 
: a runway without normal air base or airport equipment
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