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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Recent Examples of airport
Then came a notification that the El Paso airport had reopened.
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Darlene Superville, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
Three recent stories about South Florida travel covered airport slowdowns, changing tourism trends and new technology to speed up security.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
The airport is across the border from Juarez, Mexico.
—Brian Dakss, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026
Why was the El Paso airport closed?
—Robbie Farias, Austin American Statesman, 11 Feb. 2026
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Darlene Superville, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
Three recent stories about South Florida travel covered airport slowdowns, changing tourism trends and new technology to speed up security.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
The airport is across the border from Juarez, Mexico.
—Brian Dakss, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026
Why was the El Paso airport closed?
—Robbie Farias, Austin American Statesman, 11 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airport
Noun
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The airfield at Wana, the biggest town, was thick with security personnel.—
Sophia Saifi,
CNN Money,
3 Feb. 2026
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The trials were carried out at Predannack airfield on Cornwall’s Lizard Peninsula as part of an initiative known as Eagles Eye.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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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“Airport.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airport. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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