Definition of airstrip
: a runway without normal air base or airport facilities
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The Japanese planned to pulverize an all-important airstrip, Henderson Field, land thousands of troops and destroy any U.S. ships that opposed them.
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Television footage showed the small aircraft on its belly on the runway at the backcountry airstrip.
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Today a representative of Laucala Island will transfer you to the airstrip for your departing flight.
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When the Hualapai established Grand Canyon West in 1988, the destination was just a bladed-dirt airstrip with a road that led to the West Rim overlook of Guano Point.
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The Washington Post cites that its airstrip is one of the shortest, coming in at 6,601 feet as opposed to the more common 10,000 feet or longer found at hubs like D.C.’s Dulles International Airport.
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Helicopter and motorcycle are the only ways to reach Bikoro from Mbandaka, but an airstrip has been rapidly cleared for small planes to land with supplies.
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Police official Suresh Bikram Shah says the plane took off from a mountain airstrip carrying cargo and lost contact with the tower a few minutes later.
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Immigration officials presented Pence with a piece of scrap metal from the original border fence, which was built in the 1990s from steel airstrip mats left over from the Vietnam War.
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First Known Use of airstrip
1911
AIRSTRIP Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of airstrip for English Language Learners
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: an area of land that is used as a runway for airplanes to take off and land
AIRSTRIP Defined for Kids
Definition of airstrip for Students
: a runway without places (as hangars) for the repair of aircraft or shelter of passengers or cargo
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