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helipad

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as in heliport

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Recent Examples of helipad Trump gestured to new sod that had been laid around the helipad. — Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026 The memories Shirley Jo has with her siblings on the Bright Angel Canyon helipad are hers to keep. — Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 31 Aug. 2026 Construction continues on a new helipad on the South Lawn of the White House and the East Wing ballroom on August 10, in Washington, DC. — Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Its front is shaped like an eagle and will be laid into the helipad's presidential seal once work is completed. — ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for helipad

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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

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The State Department issued a caution warning to Americans in the Middle East on Saturday night after Houthi rebels in Yemen launched a ballistic missile at an airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital.

— Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 20 Sep. 2026
Officials in Poland, Germany and Denmark have in recent weeks accused Russia of involvement in drone incursions, sabotage, arson, surveillance of defense facilities and planning to use a drone carrying explosives to attack an airport.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026

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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday that Ukrainian forces had also carried out overnight strikes against targets in Russia, including an oil refinery in Yaroslavl and a military airfield in the Rostov region.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces carried out overnight strikes against targets in Russia, including an oil refinery in Yaroslavl and a military airfield in the Rostov region.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of airfield

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At the same time, the Houthis claimed a successful attack on a Saudi air base, following an attack last week on a Saudi oil pipeline.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026
The airport is a strategic hub that hosts a key military air base, known as Base 101, as well as the headquarters of Russia’s Africa Corps in the country.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026

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