airdrome

as in airfield
a place from which aircraft operate that usually has paved runways and a terminal helicopters taking off from a military airdrome near Moscow

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Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • Some airports may also experience disruptions and delays, such as during the 2019 shutdown when air traffic controllers working without pay threatened to walk off the job—a move that helped end the shutdown.
    Nik Popli, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
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“Airdrome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airdrome. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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