airstrip

noun

air·​strip ˈer-ˌstrip 

: a runway without normal air base or airport facilities

Examples of airstrip in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The school called neighbors, who entered their two-story home by TavernAero Airport, a private airstrip in a neighborhood where residents park planes and boats by their homes, and made the grisly discovery. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026

Reaching it from the nearest road would have required a roughly 30-mile hike, so the couple flew into an airstrip used by rafters traveling the Middle Fork of the Salmon River. — Harllie Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 20 Oct. 2026

Some of my favorite East African camps and lodges with private airstrips include Segera Retreat, Suyian Lodge, Mara Plains Camp, and Ol Jogi Wildlife Conservancy. — Liz Wheeler, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2026

Those victories flying off island airstrips might have been the final legacy of the Corsair, but British Royal Navy pilots figured out how to fly it off carriers, according to the museum. — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for airstrip

• airship
• clerkship
• courtship
• equip
• filmstrip
• flagship
• headship
• heirship
• judgeship
• kinship
• lightship
• midship

Kids Definition

airstrip

noun

air·​strip -ˌstrip 

: a runway without normal air base or airport equipment