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Recent Examples of heliport 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 Prince Albert and Princess Charlene met Leo at the Monaco heliport, just down the coast from the marina that is home to the megayachts of the rich and famous. — Arkansas Online, 29 Mar. 2026 As a cannon boomed in a ceremonial salute, Prince Albert and Princess Charlene met Leo at the Monaco heliport, just down the coast from the marina that is home to the megayachts of the rich and famous. — CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for heliport

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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

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The airport says arrivals to Denver are also delayed an average of 15 minutes and increasing due to the weather.

— Christa Swanson, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
This matching set from Amazon does exactly that, featuring a flattering high neckline and breezy cropped pants that are polished enough to wear straight from the airport to your destination.

— Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 1 Aug. 2026

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The ministry earlier said the pilots of the Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, which can carry 12 passengers, notified the control tower at Nazca airfield of the emergency, in the aircraft’s final radio transmission.

— Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
While the surrounding airfield dates back to the 1930s, when it was used as a military base by the Luftwaffe, the dome itself was built in 1999 by the CargoLifter transport company.

— Gwen McClure, Travel + Leisure, 30 July 2026

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The deaths span drone strikes in Kuwait, a missile attack on a Saudi air base, a refueling crash over Iraq, a helicopter downed in the Arabian Sea and missile defenses in Jordan.

— Josh Boak, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026
Al Udeid, the US air base outside Doha built from 1996, gave Washington a forward hub and gave Qatar protection no amount of gas money could buy on its own.

— Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026

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