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The federal government shutdown has now added another obstacle to one of the multiple lawsuits challenging the legality of the tent detention facility built on the airstrip of the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport.
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Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
Watch planes at an ocean airstrip.
—Teaghan Skulszki, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, the Chinchero International Airport is set to open late next year in the Sacred Valley, even closer to Machu Picchu than the current airstrip in Cusco.
—Mark Johanson, Outside, 25 Sep. 2025
There's also an underground vault, two observation platforms, telescopes and an airstrip.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2025
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Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
Watch planes at an ocean airstrip.
—Teaghan Skulszki, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, the Chinchero International Airport is set to open late next year in the Sacred Valley, even closer to Machu Picchu than the current airstrip in Cusco.
—Mark Johanson, Outside, 25 Sep. 2025
There's also an underground vault, two observation platforms, telescopes and an airstrip.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2025
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“Airstrip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airstrip. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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airstrip
noun
air·strip
-ˌstrip 
: a runway without normal air base or airport equipment
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