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Recent Examples of jetport
The airstrip was intended in the 1960s for a massive jetport that, with its access corridors east and west, would have trashed Florida’s greatest natural resource, the Everglades.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
12 May 2026
Construction on a huge jetport had begun, but Stoneman Douglas and others were able to stop it after just one runway was built in the fragile wetlands.
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Christina Mayo,
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2025
Somewhere in the jetport controvert, Nixon took a liking to Reed and appointed him assistant secretary of the Interior.
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Alex Harris,
miamiherald,
11 July 2018
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
12 May 2026
Construction on a huge jetport had begun, but Stoneman Douglas and others were able to stop it after just one runway was built in the fragile wetlands.
—
Christina Mayo,
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2025
Somewhere in the jetport controvert, Nixon took a liking to Reed and appointed him assistant secretary of the Interior.
—
Alex Harris,
miamiherald,
11 July 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jetport
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Why China is moving fast with robot hospitality China has already embraced service robots in hotels, restaurants, airports and public spaces.
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Miles of security fencing now surround the National Mall, with extensive road closures and airport-style screening at entrances to both the Great American State Fair and the Salute to America event.
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The two-acre facility, owned by the city and operated by Downtown Skyport, is the busiest commercial heliport in the world, hosting up to 200 flights a day.
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An example of an inherently objectionable use might be a heliport in a heavily residential municipality.
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Analysts believe such flexibility could prove valuable in any future high-intensity conflict where conventional airfields are under constant threat.
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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.
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The marina with a helipad represents only one piece of Griffin’s rapidly expanding South Florida footprint.
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Other highlights include a wellness area, a winter garden, a helipad that doubles as a sport deck, and a sundeck with another pool.
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The city has a sprawling air base and is home to an infantry division.
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At about the same time, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps had destroyed a vital and expensive E-3 AWACS aircraft, one of sixteen left in service, while it was parked at an air base deep inside Saudi Arabia.
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The former often requires irregular cargo like radar systems, missile launchers, helicopters, engineering gear, bridge-laying equipment, etc, delivered to areas with no existing aerodromes.
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Jean-Christophe Verhaegen / AFP via Getty Images The aircraft, registered in Germany, crashed in a grassy area near the runway of the Nancy-Essey aerodrome, close to a residential area and two roads, an AFP journalist reported.
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“Jetport.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jetport. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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