taxiway
noun
taxi·way
ˈtak-sē-ˌwā 
: a usually paved strip for taxiing (as from the terminal to a runway) at an airport
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Other aircraft circled the airport as the CRJ-900 regional jet landed and all 76 passengers evacuated onto the taxiway.
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Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 15 May 2026
Passengers were evacuated on a taxiway and then bused to the airport terminal, American said.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2026
The team in another truck, identified as Truck 1, moved to the front of the convoy of responders to wait at the taxiway intersection.
—Doha Madani, NBC news, 23 Apr. 2026
The airport’s existing third runway will also be extended to two and a half miles to accommodate larger aircraft, with an additional 25 miles of new taxiways added to its infrastructure.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 22 Apr. 2026
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Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 15 May 2026
Passengers were evacuated on a taxiway and then bused to the airport terminal, American said.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2026
The team in another truck, identified as Truck 1, moved to the front of the convoy of responders to wait at the taxiway intersection.
—Doha Madani, NBC news, 23 Apr. 2026
The airport’s existing third runway will also be extended to two and a half miles to accommodate larger aircraft, with an additional 25 miles of new taxiways added to its infrastructure.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 22 Apr. 2026
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“Taxiway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/taxiway. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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