jetport

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Recent Examples of jetport Adams and Garrett implored Judy to reconsider the jetport location. Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 13 July 2025 Construction on a huge jetport had begun, but Stoneman Douglas and others were able to stop it after just one runway was built in the fragile wetlands. Christina Mayo, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025 People who were at the jetport between 12:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. on Sunday might have been exposed, the agency said. CBS News, 22 Sep. 2020 Somewhere in the jetport controvert, Nixon took a liking to Reed and appointed him assistant secretary of the Interior. Alex Harris, miamiherald, 11 July 2018 In addition to recruiting new space hardware companies like rocket manufacturer Blue Origin, the city is trying to certify its jetport as a landing spot for Sierra Nevada's mini-space shuttle Dream Chaser. Lee Roop, AL.com, 6 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jetport
Noun
  • Both airports are major hubs for United Airlines; the airline did not respond to CNN’s request for comment.
    Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The airport added that passengers should contact their airline directly for flight updates.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The helicopter, paid for by Harris, was late taking off from the Millenium Downtown heliport (as Gelitin found out through staying in contact via a cache of clunky cellphones).
    Kyle MacNeill, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The resort, reachable via private heliport or a roughly two-hour drive past small villages, consists of six circular one-bedroom luxury lodges and one three-bedroom treetop villa.
    Devorah Lev-Tov, AFAR Media, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Meanwhile, Heathrow Airport was first opened as a small airfield in 1930, becoming a larger travel hub — and eventually, London's primary and largest airport — in the years following World War II.
    Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Engineers say the aircraft could take off from 2,600-meter (8,530-foot) semi-prepared runways, even carrying its full payload, allowing deployment from remote or rugged airfields.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The best respite was on the boat's helipad.
    Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Looking toward the bow, that area could become a helipad, and the vessel can house two Jet Skis, a waverunner, and two tenders.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The book’s version of these particular events takes place in the 1930s with a focus on a younger Will Hanlon, who was described on the page as serving in the army on the Derry-adjacent air base.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The group, which aims to disrupt the operations of weapons manufacturers supplying the Israeli government, was proscribed after two of its activists broke into Britain’s largest air base and damaged two military aircraft.
    Kara Fox, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Ukraine begged former President Joe Biden and German leaders to no avail to provide long-range missiles that could hit distant Russian aerodromes and eliminate strategic bombers at the source.
    Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 8 June 2025
  • Ukraine begged former President Joe Biden and German leaders to no avail to provide long range missiles that could hit distant Russian aerodromes and eliminate strategic bombers at the source.
    Trudy Rubin, Mercury News, 7 June 2025

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“Jetport.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jetport. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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