Synonyms of airfields

airfields

noun

plural of airfield

as in airports

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• airports
• aerodromes
• airstrips
• airdromes
• runways
• fields
• heliports
• air bases
• helipads
• landing fields
• landing strips
• jetports
• air parks
• pads
• launchpads

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of airfields

The company says the aircraft can take off and land in 150 feet or less, allowing service from small airfields and other compact operating locations. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026

Since 2014, the Russian military has opened several military bases in the Arctic and worked on reconstructing airfields. — Danica Kirka, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

By 1944, the Flying Tigers had come under American control, but still flew out of airfields in China, including one in Yunnan, China, where McKinney was based. — Kocha Olarn, CNN Money, 1 July 2026

Russia routinely strikes Ukrainian civilians, schools, churches, apartments and homes, power grids that light and heat them, ports, railways, airfields, and defense industry. — David A. Deptula, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Trump publicly soured on Meloni during Operation Epic Fury, when Italy refused to help with the war and forbade the use of its airfields for logistical assistance. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 20 June 2026

Over the past decade, Beijing transformed several reefs and outcroppings in the Spratly Islands into fortified artificial islands equipped with airfields, deep-water ports, radar systems and missile sites. — James Laporta, CBS News, 11 June 2026

The daring attack, a symbol of Ukraine's innovative drone efforts reminiscent of that stunning operation last year in which Ukraine hid drones in shipping trucks, releasing them deep in Russia and striking military airfields. — ABC News, 7 June 2026

His father was a bombardier-navigator who was among the first American bombers during World War II to land at Soviet airfields to refuel and rearm, enabling the Allies to reach distant German targets. — Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026