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
Chicago’s largest airport overtook Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson to become the busiest airfield in the country last year, according to preliminary federal data.
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Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
While the surrounding airfield dates back to the 1930s, when it was used as a military base by the Luftwaffe, the dome itself was built in the 1990s by the CargoLifter transport company.
—Gwen McClure, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2026
Operations at the airfield near North Highlands has resumed.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 16 Jan. 2026
So what happened to that busy and historic little airfield?
—Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
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Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
While the surrounding airfield dates back to the 1930s, when it was used as a military base by the Luftwaffe, the dome itself was built in the 1990s by the CargoLifter transport company.
—Gwen McClure, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2026
Operations at the airfield near North Highlands has resumed.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 16 Jan. 2026
So what happened to that busy and historic little airfield?
—Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airfield
Noun
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Donny praised the skill of the Indonesian pilots for landing on roadways only half as wide as airport runways.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
12 Feb. 2026
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By Wednesday morning, the restrictions were suddenly lifted, leaving the city’s airport in confusion for several hours.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Feb. 2026
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The base, which sat on a hill east of the city, in the Franconia region of northern Bavaria, was a former Luftwaffe aerodrome, and had been occupied by American forces in 1945 and renamed in 1947 to honor Captain John A. Leighton, a U.S. Army Air Forces officer killed in World War II.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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All eight films were shot at Leavesden, a converted World War II-era aerodrome, which is now the production home base for the upcoming series.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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In June, when the state transformed the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport airstrip in the middle of Big Cypress National Preserve, FEMA had estimated that each detainee bed would cost $245 per day, for a total of $450 annually.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
6 Feb. 2026
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This 2004 shingled contemporary has a heated six-car garage readily convertible into an event space, as well as an airstrip, Lake Champlain frontage, and a guest apartment.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Airfield.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airfield. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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