Definition of taxiway
: a usually paved strip for taxiing (as from the terminal to a runway) at an airport
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These grants fund various types of projects, including runways, taxiways, and airport signage, which makes our airports safer and will create thousands of jobs.
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Passengers were not told that the plane had almost landed on a taxiway on which there were four other planes fully loaded with passengers and fuel.
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Last Friday night, an Air Canada flight lined up to land on a taxiway in San Francisco where four other airliners were waiting to take off.
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DENVER -- The engine of a regional jet caught fire shortly on a taxiway after landing at Denver International Airport on Sunday afternoon.
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Kasey, Louisville A: Many of the large airplanes have cameras to help the pilot see the taxiways.
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The air marshal’s affidavit said Sein ran toward the taxiway, where jets were coming and going from one of the busiest airports in the United States.
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He was stopped from running onto the active taxiway by airport workers, then taken to a local hospital for treatment.
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The most controversial proposal was a $652-million plan to move the northernmost runway 260 feet closer to homes in Westchester and Playa del Rey to make room for a center taxiway.
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First Known Use of taxiway
circa 1933
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