Thesaurus results for AIRFIELD

airfield

noun

ˈer-ˌfēld

as in airport

a place from which aircraft operate that usually has paved runways and a terminal the passenger jet made an emergency landing at an abandoned airfield

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Recent Examples on the Web The crew landed at an airfield and escaped, El Mundo reported. —

Penn Bullock, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2024 Other elements of the project include taxiway intersections P, A, and B being reconstructed and updating the taxiway nomenclature for the entire airfield to meet current Federal Aviation Administration standards. —

Kerria Weaver, The Arizona Republic, 3 Sep. 2024 Ukraine wants the ability to strike airfields and munitions depots inside Russia that have been used by Russian President Vladimir Putin to stage devastating attacks on residential neighborhoods and power plants. —

Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2024 The fire was accidentally sparked by heavy equipment being operated near an airfield, officials said. —

Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 12 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for airfield

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