taxiway
noun
taxi·way
ˈtak-sē-ˌwā 
: a usually paved strip for taxiing (as from the terminal to a runway) at an airport
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Just last week, Southwest Airlines Flight 3278 mistakenly began to take off on a taxiway at Orlando International Airport.
Audio from the control tower showed the exact moment the tower canceled their takeoff.
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Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025
According to flight tracker FlightAware, the Delta flight arrived at its gate at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport gate at 5:46 p.m., 10 minutes late following 20 minutes on a taxiway at Reagan National.
—Jay Blackman, NBC news, 29 Mar. 2025
The incident happened because the airport continued to use an older design of a taxiway despite pilots repeatedly failing to properly stop where designated, the NTSB found.
—Amanda Musa, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025
Kansas City International Airport halted its flight operations Saturday afternoon because of icy conditions on its runway and taxiways.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Jan. 2025
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Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025
According to flight tracker FlightAware, the Delta flight arrived at its gate at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport gate at 5:46 p.m., 10 minutes late following 20 minutes on a taxiway at Reagan National.
—Jay Blackman, NBC news, 29 Mar. 2025
The incident happened because the airport continued to use an older design of a taxiway despite pilots repeatedly failing to properly stop where designated, the NTSB found.
—Amanda Musa, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025
Kansas City International Airport halted its flight operations Saturday afternoon because of icy conditions on its runway and taxiways.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Jan. 2025
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“Taxiway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/taxiway. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.
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