as in airfield
a place from which aircraft operate that usually has paved runways and a terminal
helicopters taking off from a military airdrome near Moscow
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Noun
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The airfield is home to about 130 planes and dozens of student pilots.—
Madeleine Wright,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026 -
They may also be used to saturate and destroy remaining airfields, command centers, and logistic hubs.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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During a Philadelphia City Council budget hearing, Tracy Borda, the airport's interim CEO and chief financial officer, said ICE agents will leave as soon as Thursday.—
Tom Dougherty,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Two people have died in a fiery plane crash at a small airport in Arizona, officials said Wednesday.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The base, which sat on a hill east of the city, in the Franconia region of northern Bavaria, was a former Luftwaffe aerodrome, and had been occupied by American forces in 1945 and renamed in 1947 to honor Captain John A. Leighton, a U.S. Army Air Forces officer killed in World War II.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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All eight films were shot at Leavesden, a converted World War II-era aerodrome, which is now the production home base for the upcoming series.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Airdrome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airdrome. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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