heliports

noun

plural of heliport
as in airports

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  1. airports
  2. airfields
  3. aerodromes
Noun
  • In Chicago, by contrast, the commissioner of aviation oversees O’Hare and Midway, the 3rd and 31st busiest airports in the country, for a salary of just over $360,000, according to the Chicago Data Portal.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 26 July 2026
  • Its forces are battering Iran’s coast – military installations, bridges, airports, port facilities – to neutralise the Iranian military’s hold on the strait.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 25 July 2026
Definition of airports
Noun
  • These were quick to convert and quick to put to sea in sufficient numbers to protect convoys far from the defense of any airfields.
    — David Szondy July 21, New Atlas, 22 July 2026
  • After several of the most dramatic strikes—against Russian oil refineries, military airfields, weapons factories—President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked the company and its engineers.
    — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
Definition of airfields
Noun
  • The former often requires irregular cargo like radar systems, missile launchers, helicopters, engineering gear, bridge-laying equipment, etc, delivered to areas with no existing aerodromes.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 5 July 2026
Definition of aerodromes
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