airstrip

noun

Definition of airstripnext
as in runway

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Recent Examples of airstrip The helicopter landed at a private airstrip near the 200 block of McVoid Road and was repositioning to refuel when one of its blades hit a tree, officials with the Texas Department of Public Safety told WFAA. — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 July 2026 Contact had been lost with the airstrip shortly after Goselin reported the plane landing. — ABC News, 2 July 2026 My first glimpse of an elephant came as our safari game viewer bumped along the road from the airstrip to camp. — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2026 All the of people kept at the isolated airstrip had been sent to other facilities. — Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for airstrip
Recent Examples of Synonyms for airstrip
  1. runway
  2. helipad
  3. heliport
  4. landing strip
  5. landing field
Noun
  • Shortly after, Emma was hitting the runway for major brands like Hervé Léger, Chanel, Valentino, Christian Dior, and Ralph Lauren, per her bio.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 25 July 2026
  • While de Jong sees opportunities to expand into other categories, denim provides A Tall Box a long runway for growth.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 24 July 2026
Definition of runway
Noun
  • Trump pointed out the helipad and ballroom that are under construction on the White House grounds.
    — Adam Kilgore, New York Times, 24 July 2026
  • Construction is underway at the White House on a new helipad, ballroom, fortification of the front door and repairs to stone columns, while the Kennedy Center is still controversially draped in tarps as workers repair the marble facade.
    — Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of helipad
Noun
  • 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
  • An example of an inherently objectionable use might be a heliport in a heavily residential municipality.
    — Michael Helbing, The Conversation, 11 June 2026
Definition of heliport
Noun
  • Those who don’t want to drive to Roy’s can actually fly into the desert landing strip behind the cafe (which was apparently one of California’s first airfields of any kind).
    — Joe Yogerst, CNN Money, 27 May 2026
  • Bees evolved eyes tuned to floral landing strips painted in wavelengths that humans can’t detect.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 23 May 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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