airport

¹

[air-pawrt, -pohrt]

noun

1. a tract of land or water with facilities for the landing, takeoff, shelter, supply, and repair of aircraft, especially one used for receiving or discharging passengers and cargo at regularly scheduled times.

airport

²

[air-pawrt, -pohrt]

noun

Nautical.

1. a porthole designed to be opened to the outside air.

airport

/ ˈɛəˌpɔːt /

noun

1. a landing and taking-off area for civil aircraft, usually with surfaced runways and aircraft maintenance and passenger facilities

Word History and Origins

Origin of airport¹

1915–20; air ¹ + port ¹, on the model of seaport

Origin of airport²

First recorded in 1780–90; air ¹ + port ⁴

Example Sentences

The president’s security detail rushed to the airport, and Ford was whisked out of California as fast as possible.

From Los Angeles Times

A night of drone incidents at airports and military bases all over Jutland, western Denmark, has not caused any harm or damage - and yet it has exposed the country's defences as vulnerable to attack.

From BBC

He was then put in a car and driven away from the airport.

From BBC

The Israeli airports authority, which oversees the Allenby Bridge crossing, said it would be closed indefinitely from Wednesday morning "at the direction of the political leadership".

From BBC

Passenger counts have dropped notably at LAX since the pandemic, and have not bounced back like other airports since global travel came to a halt.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• airfield 
• airstrip 
• installation 
• runway