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
Outreach efforts are planned at airports, billboard campaigns are in the works, and the team is reaching out to foreign consulates to help spread the word internationally.
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Cierra Morgan, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
No such arrangement exists in the dozen other airports named after presidents.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, where Spirit Airlines is the dominant carrier, has been among the most heavily affected airports in the country.
—Mike Diamond, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026
Heavy snow and strong winds would make travel very difficult on roads and at airports beginning Sunday afternoon and lasting through Monday.
—Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 19 Feb. 2026
The travel industry is warning that airports could face growing strain and longer security lines as a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security stretches into the start of the busy spring break season.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 18 Feb. 2026
Triplett said some airports are now using autonomous vehicles to transport passengers from terminals to the parking garage or rental lots.
—Cami Koons, Iowa Capital Dispatch, 18 Feb. 2026
Officials said that with airports and hotels along Highway 101, the Peninsula can especially be a vulnerable target for human traffickers.
—Sooji Nam, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
Still, some airports, such as Hamad International (DIA) in Doha, Qatar, or Incheon International (ICN), near Seoul, run so smoothly that the value proposition of a private chaperone may not add up.
—Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 3 Feb. 2026
Cierra Morgan, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
No such arrangement exists in the dozen other airports named after presidents.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, where Spirit Airlines is the dominant carrier, has been among the most heavily affected airports in the country.
—Mike Diamond, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026
Heavy snow and strong winds would make travel very difficult on roads and at airports beginning Sunday afternoon and lasting through Monday.
—Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 19 Feb. 2026
The travel industry is warning that airports could face growing strain and longer security lines as a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security stretches into the start of the busy spring break season.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 18 Feb. 2026
Triplett said some airports are now using autonomous vehicles to transport passengers from terminals to the parking garage or rental lots.
—Cami Koons, Iowa Capital Dispatch, 18 Feb. 2026
Officials said that with airports and hotels along Highway 101, the Peninsula can especially be a vulnerable target for human traffickers.
—Sooji Nam, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
Still, some airports, such as Hamad International (DIA) in Doha, Qatar, or Incheon International (ICN), near Seoul, run so smoothly that the value proposition of a private chaperone may not add up.
—Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 3 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for airports
airfields
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Since 2014, the Russian military has opened several military bases in the Arctic and worked on reconstructing airfields.—
Danica Kirka,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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Perhaps Ukraine’s biggest drone success in 2025 was Operation Spider, a complex covert operation that saw shipping containers placed within FPV range of Russia’s heavy bomber airfields in Siberia.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Dec. 2025
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“Airports.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airports. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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