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airfields

noun

plural of airfield

as in airports

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 airfields These were quick to convert and quick to put to sea in sufficient numbers to protect convoys far from the defense of any airfields. — David Szondy july 21, New Atlas, 22 July 2026 After several of the most dramatic strikes—against Russian oil refineries, military airfields, weapons factories—President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked the company and its engineers. — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026 Electra says the aircraft needs only about 150 feet of runway, opening access to small airfields and other locations closer to population centers. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 15 July 2026 Since 2014, the Russian military has opened several military bases in the Arctic and worked on reconstructing airfields. — Danica Kirka, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026 By 1944, the Flying Tigers had come under American control, but still flew out of airfields in China, including one in Yunnan, China, where McKinney was based. — Kocha Olarn, CNN Money, 1 July 2026 Russia routinely strikes Ukrainian civilians, schools, churches, apartments and homes, power grids that light and heat them, ports, railways, airfields, and defense industry. — David A. Deptula, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 Trump publicly soured on Meloni during Operation Epic Fury, when Italy refused to help with the war and forbade the use of its airfields for logistical assistance. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 20 June 2026 Over the past decade, Beijing transformed several reefs and outcroppings in the Spratly Islands into fortified artificial islands equipped with airfields, deep-water ports, radar systems and missile sites. — James Laporta, CBS News, 11 June 2026

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In Chicago, by contrast, the commissioner of aviation oversees O’Hare and Midway, the 3rd and 31st busiest airports in the country, for a salary of just over $360,000, according to the Chicago Data Portal.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 26 July 2026
Its forces are battering Iran’s coast – military installations, bridges, airports, port facilities – to neutralise the Iranian military’s hold on the strait.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 25 July 2026

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