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Unlike oil, which flows through pipelines and centralized infrastructure, gold production in southern Venezuela is dispersed across hundreds of small sites accessible only by river, dirt tracks or airstrips.
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Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
Engineers also optimized it for island operations, enabling use on short and simple airstrips.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 31 Mar. 2026
The state awarded Gothams a $36 million contract to help outfit and maintain the facility, which was thrown up in just over a week on an old airstrip.
—Neena Satija, Houston Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2026
Smaller unmanned aircraft don’t need a military airstrip to launch.
—Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2026
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Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
Engineers also optimized it for island operations, enabling use on short and simple airstrips.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 31 Mar. 2026
The state awarded Gothams a $36 million contract to help outfit and maintain the facility, which was thrown up in just over a week on an old airstrip.
—Neena Satija, Houston Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2026
Smaller unmanned aircraft don’t need a military airstrip to launch.
—Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2026
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“Airstrip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airstrip. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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airstrip
noun
air·strip
-ˌstrip 
: a runway without normal air base or airport equipment
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