taxiway

noun

taxi·​way ˈtak-sē-ˌwā 

: a usually paved strip for taxiing (as from the terminal to a runway) at an airport

Examples of taxiway in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On the Missouri side of the metro area, the storms dumped about 3 inches of hail on the taxiways at the Kansas City Downtown Airport — Wheeler Field and blew the roof off the nearby Holiday Apartments in the Harlem neighborhood. — Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026

There were no injuries and passengers deplaned on the taxiway using airstairs and were bused to the terminal, United Airlines said. — Benjamin Stein, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026

First responders met the aircraft on a taxiway, where passengers and crew evacuated using the plane's emergency slides. — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026

The passengers are then seen gathered in a large group on the taxiway. — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1933, in the meaning defined above