as in airfields
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 airports
Some relief has come after four-hour security checkpoint waits in some airports nationwide prompted a late-March presidential directive ensuring DHS employees — including TSA officers — receive backpay.
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Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
The deputy administrator argued airports that have already started some form of privatization were spared the long lines seen in other airports like Hartsfield-Jackson.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
Washington — Long security lines could reappear at airports next month after the Department of Homeland Security secretary warned Tuesday the agency doesn’t have enough money to continue to pay its employees through May.
—Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
All top five airports for 2026 are located in Asia.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 22 Apr. 2026
Aidan O’Donnell, the Port Authority’s general manager of New Jersey airports, spoke about the program during last year’s exercise.
—Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2026
The Lufthansa Group said the cancellation of less profitable routes, focused largely on its hub airports in the German cities of Frankfurt and Munich, would save the equivalent of approximately 40,000 metric tons of jet fuel.
—ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
Iran has retaliated by using missiles and drones to strike US military bases and Israel, along with attacking the energy infrastructure and airports of various Gulf countries.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 22 Apr. 2026
Across the country, many of the largest airports lost over one-third of their daily TSA workforce.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2026
Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
The deputy administrator argued airports that have already started some form of privatization were spared the long lines seen in other airports like Hartsfield-Jackson.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
Washington — Long security lines could reappear at airports next month after the Department of Homeland Security secretary warned Tuesday the agency doesn’t have enough money to continue to pay its employees through May.
—Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
All top five airports for 2026 are located in Asia.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 22 Apr. 2026
Aidan O’Donnell, the Port Authority’s general manager of New Jersey airports, spoke about the program during last year’s exercise.
—Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2026
The Lufthansa Group said the cancellation of less profitable routes, focused largely on its hub airports in the German cities of Frankfurt and Munich, would save the equivalent of approximately 40,000 metric tons of jet fuel.
—ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
Iran has retaliated by using missiles and drones to strike US military bases and Israel, along with attacking the energy infrastructure and airports of various Gulf countries.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 22 Apr. 2026
Across the country, many of the largest airports lost over one-third of their daily TSA workforce.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for airports
airfields
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Behind the scenes, her military reportedly drew up plans to blow up airfields in the event of an American invasion.—
Nikhil Kumar,
Time,
15 Apr. 2026
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They may also be used to saturate and destroy remaining airfields, command centers, and logistic hubs.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Airports.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airports. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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