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heliport

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Recent Examples of heliport The grounds also include tennis and bocce ball courts, gardens, greenhouses, a creek and a heliport. — Natassia Paloma, USA Today, 15 May 2026 This drone pilot program’s start date was pushed back in part because another experimental aviation tech, an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicle, was demo-ing its own first-of-its-kind flights out of the same heliport. — Aarian Marshall, Wired News, 10 May 2026 That's faster than the five-seater Joby Aviation flew between JFK Airport and New York City's heliport network (200 mph or 322 km/h) as part of an air taxi demo last week. — New Atlas, 4 May 2026 The goal is to connect existing heliports in Lower and Midtown Manhattan to JFK International Airport in less than 10 minutes instead of the one-to two-hour drive. — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 27 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for heliport

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Condo leaders have urged Miami Beach officials to reject the helipad, saying helicopter flights could disrupt their quality of life.

— Luisa Yanez, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026
The cover photo shows Trump standing on the new White House helipad.

— Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026

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The airport is also serving as a staging area to assist with hurricane recovery efforts.

— Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026
The storm grounded most Friday flights at several panhandle airports, including all flights into and out of Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026

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The deal would greenlight nearly a dozen renovation projects from the concourses to the airfield, the airport announced in a press release Wednesday.

— Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 10 Oct. 2026
In 1973, the airfield was officially deactivated before transitioning into its current role as an intelligence center.

— Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of airfield

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It is understood that the six suspects arrested by British authorities are not currently believed to have been ringleaders in the plot, despite their involvement in potentially criminal activity at the air base.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 13 Oct. 2026
Burnham previously said there are strong indications Iran was linked to the apparent plan last month to attack the RAF Fairford air base, which has been used by American bombers to strike Iran in the ongoing war.

— Sylvia Hui, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026

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