Thesaurus results for AIRSTRIP

airstrip

noun

Definition of airstrip

as in runway

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Recent Examples of airstrip The neighborhood Phaplu is a Himalayan village with an airstrip where helicopters and small planes arrive from Kathmandu. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2026 Below the Rock was a seaport and an airstrip with regular military flights to London. — Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026 Northfork Ranch, located 45 miles north of Elko, has capacity for 600 cattle and includes a private airstrip and a 5,000-square-foot main residence. — Sacbee.com, 26 Aug. 2026 The plane went down at Cape Newenham Airport, an Air Force airstrip that provides access to the Long Range Radar Site, the Air Force said in its statement. — Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for airstrip

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Noun

These words stayed with Kai Nesselrath, who was appointed design director of the house bearing her name in June and will show his first collection on the runway on Thursday.

— Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2026
If you’re feeling tapped out on the idea of perfectly stenciled place settings and a front-yard light show that rivals a Hartsfield-Jackson runway, here are a few things to consider.

— Joy Harden Bradford, AJC.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of runway

Noun

Flight tracking data show the helicopter left Catalina’s Pebbly Beach heliport and got about 175 feet above sea level about eight seconds into its flight before rapidly descending.

— Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
The two-acre facility, owned by the city and operated by Downtown Skyport, is the busiest commercial heliport in the world, hosting up to 200 flights a day.

— Anne Kadet, Curbed, 19 June 2026

Definition of heliport

Noun

About 10 flies used the back kitchen area oven as a landing strip.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026
Constructing Alligator Alcatraz Located on a remote landing strip surrounded by Big Cypress National Preserve, about 6 miles north of Everglades National Park, Alligator Alcatraz sparked controversy from the beginning.

— The Conversation, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of landing strip

Noun

The teens were evaluated by medical personnel at a landing field before they were released, rescuers said.

— Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2025
But thanks to Andrew Cuomo’s time as governor, the once awful Third World landing field in Queens now matches Fiorello the man in superlatives.

— New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2025

Definition of landing field

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