as in airfield
a place from which aircraft operate that usually has paved runways and a terminal
the airport nearest us has plane service on only one major airline
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Recent Examples of airport
Read more At Philadelphia airport, pope blesses, kisses head of disabled boy
Pope Francis kissed the forehead of a boy with cerebral palsy after landing in Philadelphia, coaxing a small smile from the profoundly disabled 10-year-old.
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2025
The flight departed on April 7 from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) at 7:07 p.m. local time, landing back at the same airport at 3:02 a.m., FlightAware data showed.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 21 Apr. 2025
In New Delhi, the Vance family was greeted at the airport by Indian officials before setting off for a visit to a Hindu temple.
—Dan Strumpf and Akayla Gardner, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Loyalty isn’t just earned at 30,000 feet—it’s earned in the morning coffee line, during the ride to the airport, and across a constellation of brand touchpoints.
—Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2025
The flight departed on April 7 from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) at 7:07 p.m. local time, landing back at the same airport at 3:02 a.m., FlightAware data showed.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 21 Apr. 2025
In New Delhi, the Vance family was greeted at the airport by Indian officials before setting off for a visit to a Hindu temple.
—Dan Strumpf and Akayla Gardner, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Loyalty isn’t just earned at 30,000 feet—it’s earned in the morning coffee line, during the ride to the airport, and across a constellation of brand touchpoints.
—Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airport
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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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Making Warfare Filming took place outside of London at a World War II airfield that’s now a TV and film studio.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
10 Apr. 2025
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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
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“Airport.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airport. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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