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
The airfield was closed at the time and military operations were not impacted.
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Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2025
The Gary/Chicago International Airport Authority has acquired a small but critical parcel needed for its $67 million 100-acre cargo expansion project on the airfield’s north side.
—Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
Both are used to strike munitions depots, command and control nodes, airfields and other bases; neither Ukraine nor Europe produces comparable weapons systems at scale.
—Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
To bring the sequence to life, production designer Mark Digby built a 360-degree set on an old airfield at Bovingdon Airfield Studios by using reference images from Google Earth and Ray’s own recollection.
—Matt Minton, Variety, 12 Apr. 2025
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Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2025
The Gary/Chicago International Airport Authority has acquired a small but critical parcel needed for its $67 million 100-acre cargo expansion project on the airfield’s north side.
—Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
Both are used to strike munitions depots, command and control nodes, airfields and other bases; neither Ukraine nor Europe produces comparable weapons systems at scale.
—Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
To bring the sequence to life, production designer Mark Digby built a 360-degree set on an old airfield at Bovingdon Airfield Studios by using reference images from Google Earth and Ray’s own recollection.
—Matt Minton, Variety, 12 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airfield
Noun
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Some airport terminals may also sell lottery tickets.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
18 May 2025
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December 2003: Jennifer meets Fotis at the Aspen airport.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
17 May 2025
Noun
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Its population — estimated at 18 in 2019 — consists only of Norwegian military personnel who operate its military aerodrome and meteorological station.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
3 Apr. 2025
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The aim is to commercialize both piloted and autonomous civilian aircraft and the $1.4 billion will be spent creating a city-wide infrastructure for flying vehicles, with over 100 take-off and landing points in Guangzhou, a large general aviation aerodrome and a fleet of airborne taxis.—
Mike Hanlon,
New Atlas,
13 Aug. 2024
Noun
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Its ability to land without airstrips unlocks affordable transport options for industries like mining, disaster relief and medical supply delivery in isolated communities.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
12 May 2025
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On April 30, Dinh, Tran and their three young children left their home on an army base near Saigon to head to the airstrip.—
Jonathan Horwitz,
Oc Register,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Airfield.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airfield. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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