as in airfields
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 only countries with large enough airfields and refueling stations were Guinea and Senegal.—
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Time,
28 Oct. 2025 -
Ukraine sees them as a way to strike Russian command centers, logistics hubs, and airfields currently out of reach.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Instead, the focus is on schedule reductions to regional and domestic mainline flights that do not travel between our hub airports.—
Deputy News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Some food-safety inspections were temporarily suspended, trash piled up in national parks, federal landmarks and museums closed, and some airports shuttered checkpoints due to fewer Transportation Security Administration officers to screen passengers.—
Katie Wiseman,
IndyStar,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Airdromes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airdromes. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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