as in airport
a place from which aircraft operate that usually has paved runways and a terminal
the passenger jet made an emergency landing at an abandoned airfield
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Recent Examples of airfield
Ken and his crew didn’t quite make it over the Adriatic Sea to their base in Italy but were able to get to a small fighter airfield on the island of Vis.
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Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025
Garrison ordered the Army Rangers to consolidate forces and head to the crash site, but the trucks and Humvees faced intense fire and were forced to return to their base at the Mogadishu airfield, per The Washington Post.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 11 Feb. 2025
Rebuilding was under way in 2006, when Hamas took over Gaza, but obviously Israel wasn’t going to permit Hamas to have an airfield.
—Elliott Abrams, National Review, 6 Mar. 2025
This would rob Ukraine of the ability of striking Russia's weapons depots, command centers, airfields, and training grounds which have disrupted logistics.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
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Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025
Garrison ordered the Army Rangers to consolidate forces and head to the crash site, but the trucks and Humvees faced intense fire and were forced to return to their base at the Mogadishu airfield, per The Washington Post.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 11 Feb. 2025
Rebuilding was under way in 2006, when Hamas took over Gaza, but obviously Israel wasn’t going to permit Hamas to have an airfield.
—Elliott Abrams, National Review, 6 Mar. 2025
This would rob Ukraine of the ability of striking Russia's weapons depots, command centers, airfields, and training grounds which have disrupted logistics.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airfield
Noun
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In a post on X Sunday evening, the airport advised passengers that weather conditions were causing flight disruptions.—
Elizabeth Keogh,
New York Daily News,
18 Mar. 2025
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Some airport terminals may also sell lottery tickets.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA TODAY,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The aim is to commercialize both piloted and autonomous civilian aircraft and the $1.4 billion will be spent creating a city-wide infrastructure for flying vehicles, with over 100 take-off and landing points in Guangzhou, a large general aviation aerodrome and a fleet of airborne taxis.—
Mike Hanlon,
New Atlas,
13 Aug. 2024
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And a huge concrete area that looked like an aerodrome was awaiting rebuilding as a new suburb.—
Charlie Hobbs,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 May 2024
Noun
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There is one single airstrip and a helipad available to the base, which has four visits a year, according to COMNAP.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
18 Mar. 2025
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Sure, the MiGs can spread out across airstrips and highways and operate for as long as their ground crews can refuel, rearm and repair them.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Airfield.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airfield. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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