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 of airfield
Miami’s airport started out as a simple airfield and grew into a simple and intimate place to fly commercial before a building boom in the 1960s and through the continuing growth today.
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025
Associated Press Saigon correspondents Richard Pyle, left and Peter Arnett on an airfield in Vietnam, date unknown.
—CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Venezuelan military bases could be among the potential targets, Cancian told , while going after the cartels would involve strikes on cartel leadership, production facilities, smuggling airfields and warehouses at ports.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
Big windows offer views of the airfield with mountains rising behind.
—Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 6 Dec. 2025
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025
Associated Press Saigon correspondents Richard Pyle, left and Peter Arnett on an airfield in Vietnam, date unknown.
—CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Venezuelan military bases could be among the potential targets, Cancian told , while going after the cartels would involve strikes on cartel leadership, production facilities, smuggling airfields and warehouses at ports.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
Big windows offer views of the airfield with mountains rising behind.
—Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 6 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airfield
Noun
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First responders in Atlanta rushed to an airport runway Tuesday after an aircraft experienced a harrowing landing failure, with all eight of its landing tires bursting the moment the plane touched down, according to Fox 5 Atlanta.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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Hashmi’s team are duly assembled – with cuts showing the team physically fighting their enemies in and around the airport.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Ukraine begged former President Joe Biden and German leaders to no avail to provide long-range missiles that could hit distant Russian aerodromes and eliminate strategic bombers at the source.—
Trudy Rubin,
Twin Cities,
8 June 2025
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Ukraine begged former President Joe Biden and German leaders to no avail to provide long range missiles that could hit distant Russian aerodromes and eliminate strategic bombers at the source.—
Trudy Rubin,
Mercury News,
7 June 2025
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Our final day, driving to the airstrip, Ntwayagae pulled over one last time.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
30 Oct. 2025
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The plane crashed in a hilly and forested area about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Diani airstrip, authorities said.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Airfield.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airfield. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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