as in airfield
a place from which aircraft operate that usually has paved runways and a terminal
the airport nearest us has plane service on only one major airline
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One hundred seventy-nine people in South Korea died when a Jeju Air flight crashed into an airport's concrete barrier, and a crash involving an Azerbaijan Airlines plane killed 38 people and injured 29 on Christmas.
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Stepheny Price, Fox News, 18 Mar. 2025
Her lawyers made a frantic call to the airport control tower, trying to stop her plane from taking off and sending her back.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 17 Mar. 2025
Jay and Robert Pritzker recognized an increase in postwar business travel and saw there would be a need for hotels near airports.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
The first option calls for the Silver Line to be built as light rail from the airport to Bojangles Coliseum in east Charlotte, with the option to extend it in both directions in the future.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2025
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Stepheny Price, Fox News, 18 Mar. 2025
Her lawyers made a frantic call to the airport control tower, trying to stop her plane from taking off and sending her back.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 17 Mar. 2025
Jay and Robert Pritzker recognized an increase in postwar business travel and saw there would be a need for hotels near airports.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
The first option calls for the Silver Line to be built as light rail from the airport to Bojangles Coliseum in east Charlotte, with the option to extend it in both directions in the future.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2025
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“Airport.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airport. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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