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
Instead, the focus is on schedule reductions to regional and domestic mainline flights that do not travel between our hub airports.
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Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
Some food-safety inspections were temporarily suspended, trash piled up in national parks, federal landmarks and museums closed, and some airports shuttered checkpoints due to fewer Transportation Security Administration officers to screen passengers.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 5 Nov. 2025
The Federal Aviation Administration will reduce air traffic by 10% at many busy airports, the agency said Wednesday, in a move intended to keep the nation's airspace safe during the government shutdown.
—Joel Rose, NPR, 5 Nov. 2025
How to Get There The easiest and most direct way to get to Iguazú Falls is to fly into one of the three airports that serve the area.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
In the 23 years since its independence, Timor-Leste has made significant progress in nation building, expanding critical infrastructure like roads, airports, and internet access.
—Angelica Ang, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
The publicly available reports from NASA’s Aviation Safety Reporting System don’t specify what airports the planes were flying to and from.
—Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2025
All airports in Jamaica, including the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston, remained closed on Wednesday.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2025
Officials are surveying the damage to the country’s hospitals, schools and airports.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
Some food-safety inspections were temporarily suspended, trash piled up in national parks, federal landmarks and museums closed, and some airports shuttered checkpoints due to fewer Transportation Security Administration officers to screen passengers.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 5 Nov. 2025
The Federal Aviation Administration will reduce air traffic by 10% at many busy airports, the agency said Wednesday, in a move intended to keep the nation's airspace safe during the government shutdown.
—Joel Rose, NPR, 5 Nov. 2025
How to Get There The easiest and most direct way to get to Iguazú Falls is to fly into one of the three airports that serve the area.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
In the 23 years since its independence, Timor-Leste has made significant progress in nation building, expanding critical infrastructure like roads, airports, and internet access.
—Angelica Ang, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
The publicly available reports from NASA’s Aviation Safety Reporting System don’t specify what airports the planes were flying to and from.
—Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2025
All airports in Jamaica, including the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston, remained closed on Wednesday.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2025
Officials are surveying the damage to the country’s hospitals, schools and airports.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for airports
airfields
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The only countries with large enough airfields and refueling stations were Guinea and Senegal.—
Time,
Time,
28 Oct. 2025
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Ukraine sees them as a way to strike Russian command centers, logistics hubs, and airfields currently out of reach.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Airports.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airports. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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