airfield

[air-feeld]

noun

1. a level area, usually equipped with hard-surfaced runways, on which airplanes take off and land.

airfield

/ ˈɛəˌfiːld /

noun

1. a landing and taking-off area for aircraft, usually with permanent buildings

Word History and Origins

Origin of airfield¹

First recorded in 1930–35; air ¹ + field

Example Sentences

Once holidaymakers took off from here, but today an ex-Soviet airfield is a testing ground for ways to take down the drones increasingly buzzing through German skies.

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He taxied to a corner of the airfield.

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The base typically plays host to 19,000 personnel and includes an airfield, deep-water port, and more across three installations along the Pacific Coast and southeast of Oxnard.

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Two planes have collided on the airfield at Manchester Airport.

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In the same way we buy a skull-faced astronaut haunting an airfield, we have to believe there are consequences for actions in a country with laws.

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Related Words

• airstrip 
• installation 
• runway