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Prestwick

American  
[prest-wik] / ˈprɛst wɪk /

noun

  1. international airport in W Scotland.


Prestwick British  
/ ˈprɛstwɪk /

noun

  1. a town in SW Scotland, in South Ayrshire on the Firth of Clyde; international airport, golf course: tourism. Pop: 14 934 (2001)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Some parts - including Kirkwall and Prestwick - have already had nearly one-and-a-half times their average September rainfall.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Nats says the latest failure at Prestwick was different - Prestwick in Ayrshire looks after traffic across northern England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, catering for about 42% of the UK's air traffic.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Prestwick, South Ayrshire for example has had 47mm compared to the whole month average of 79mm - or 59% of the average.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Coastguard aircraft from as far afield as Prestwick and Carlisle have been scrambled to assist in the search alongside a "commercial" search and rescue helicopter.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

At Glasgow we found my sister Elizabeth, who had flown to Prestwick from Copenhagen.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

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