Definition of taxiway
: a usually paved strip for taxiing (as from the terminal to a runway) at an airport
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The mobilization began shortly after 7 p.m. Friday at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Austin, as two light-utility Lakota helicopters carrying a total of four service members lifted off from the taxiway and flew south past a fading sun.
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After safely landing, 140 passengers evacuated the aircraft on a clear taxiway.
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But Dean said 75 flights had departed off the same taxiway that the plane was headed to for departure.
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JetBlue Flight 50 from Savannah, Georgia, to Boston's Logan International Airport slid of the taxiway after landing at approximately 7:15 p.m. EST on Monday, Christmas Day.
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The plane was actually on a taxiway headed to takeoff location.
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In February of last year, Ford accidentally landed on a taxiway near a full passenger plane at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, Calif.
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San Francisco Airport is also sinking fast and could see half its runways and taxiways underwater by 2100, according to the new analysis.
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GMR-Megawide, in contrast, offered to build taxiways for the primary runway and extend a second existing airstrip.
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First Known Use of taxiway
circa 1933
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