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 How to Get There The closest airport is Miami International Airport (MIA), about 70 miles away. Teaghan Skulszki, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025 When that happens, the FAA slows traffic into some airports to ensure safe operations. Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025 On Tuesday morning, the FAA warned that further ground delays are expected at airports including Denver International and Boston Logan. Callum Sutherland, Time, 7 Oct. 2025 Eastern members of the alliance, including Estonia, Poland, and Romania, recently reported incursions into their airspace, while drones that disrupted Danish airports are suspected of being linked to Russia. Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 26 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for airport
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Noun
  • Ukrainian drones struck the Marinovka airfield in Russia’s Volgograd Oblast on June 27, damaging or destroying four Su-34s.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Even a small peninsula could host a basic airfield and seaport to facilitate the movement of people and aid, severing Gaza’s unhealthy dependency on Israel and Egypt.
    Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, The Atlantic, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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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“Airport.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airport. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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