jetport

noun

Definition of jetportnext
as in airport

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Recent Examples of jetport The airstrip was intended in the 1960s for a massive jetport that, with its access corridors east and west, would have trashed Florida’s greatest natural resource, the Everglades. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 12 May 2026 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jetport
  1. airport
  2. heliport
  3. airfield
  4. helipad
  5. air base
  6. aerodrome
Noun
  • Thunderstorms caused flight delays at New York City area airports on Saturday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
  • Its most dramatic outdoor feature is said to be the highest open-air public observation deck at any Chinese airport, giving travelers a rare chance to step outside and watch aircraft moving across the runways below.
    — Scott Campbell, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 July 2026
Definition of airport
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
Noun
  • 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
  • County Board members said there is a difference between large airplanes with sophisticated instruments and licensed pilots versus a small airfield with pilots of various degrees of experience, some who are just learning to fly.
    — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2026
Definition of airfield
Noun
  • 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
Definition of helipad
Noun
  • 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
Definition of air base
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
  • Jean-Christophe Verhaegen / AFP via Getty Images The aircraft, registered in Germany, crashed in a grassy area near the runway of the Nancy-Essey aerodrome, close to a residential area and two roads, an AFP journalist reported.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 28 June 2026
Definition of aerodrome

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“Jetport.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jetport. Accessed 26 Jul. 2026.

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