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

It is estimated the expansion will result in more than 100,000 extra flights per year by the late 2030s, the airport says.

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In March, customs officers at an airport in Qingdao seized a batch of 143 nautical charts that contained "obvious errors" in the national borders.

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Those were followed up by a spate of mysterious drones that disrupted airports and flew close to military sites in a string of countries.

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There were no services at Belgium's second biggest airport at Charleroi, and all departures and many of the arrivals were cancelled at Brussels Airport.

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But more importantly, the airport's focus on unmanned aerospace research means it is relatively free from safety regulations that would normally tightly restrict testing with drone intruders and interceptors.

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Related Words

• airfield 
• airstrip 
• installation 
• runway