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Recent Examples of airstrip
Location Baines’ is a 15-minute small plane flight from Botswana's Maun International Airport (MUB) to the local, shared airstrip, followed by a drive.
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Travis Levius, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2025
For twenty years, Madsen has been calling for the construction of an airstrip on a relatively flat stretch of land between Ittoqqortoormiit and Cape Tobin—step one of many in making this a reality.
—Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Our final day, driving to the airstrip, Ntwayagae pulled over one last time.
—AFAR Media, 30 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, the Chinchero International Airport is set to open late next year in the Sacred Valley, even closer to Machu Picchu than the current airstrip in Cusco.
—Mark Johanson, Outside, 25 Sep. 2025
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Travis Levius, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2025
For twenty years, Madsen has been calling for the construction of an airstrip on a relatively flat stretch of land between Ittoqqortoormiit and Cape Tobin—step one of many in making this a reality.
—Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Our final day, driving to the airstrip, Ntwayagae pulled over one last time.
—AFAR Media, 30 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, the Chinchero International Airport is set to open late next year in the Sacred Valley, even closer to Machu Picchu than the current airstrip in Cusco.
—Mark Johanson, Outside, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airstrip
Noun
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On February 13th, Grace Van Patten and Jackson White and Grace Gummer and Mark Ronson watched Veronica Leoni’s Calvin Klein Collection come down the runway, while Rebecca Hall and Morgan Spector bounded between Fforme and Kallmeyer.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2026
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Balmain unveiled its bottles on the runway in 2024, as did Victoria Beckham.—
James Manso,
Footwear News,
14 Feb. 2026
Noun
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There’s also a spa, restaurant and helipad, of course.—
Sarah Moreno
February 11,
Miami Herald,
11 Feb. 2026
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The secluded location, along with the private sandy beach and the helipad, enhance the resort's exclusivity.—
Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The heliport's current owner said the objections come at the last minute after years of approvals.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
3 Feb. 2026
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Volunteers are needed to guide blind and visually-impaired hikers on a gentle hike from Franklin’s Cafe & Market to a heliport in the park.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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Without concerted effort, areas like kitchen counters and bathroom sinks can easily turn into landing strips for everything from setting spray to immersion blenders, Bergman explains.—
Caroline Lubinsky,
Martha Stewart,
29 Jan. 2026
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The jungle quickly swallowed the little landing strip used by the small planes on their weekly visits, but the banana boats continued to resupply the almost sixty men for some time.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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This dimension of the work was heightened by its site, a former helicopter landing field on an old NATO base, given over to the Autostrada Biennale in 2014 as part of a process of demilitarization in the aftermath of the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s and Kosovo’s declaration of independence in 2008.—
Joanna Warsza,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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The teens were evaluated by medical personnel at a landing field before they were released, rescuers said.—
Brooke Baitinger,
Sacbee.com,
26 June 2025
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“Airstrip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airstrip. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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