airport

¹ American  

[air-pawrt, -pohrt] / ˈɛərˌpɔrt, -ˌpoʊrt /

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.

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airport ² American  

[air-pawrt, -pohrt] / ˈɛərˌpɔrt, -ˌpoʊrt /

noun

Nautical.

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

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airport British  

/ ˈɛəˌpɔːt /

noun

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

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Etymology

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

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Example Sentences

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airport

Their driver brought them to Connecticut, where they switched vehicles and got taken to the airport.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026

A quarter-point hike on a $6,600 balance costs about $16.50 a year — roughly one cocktail at an airport bar.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

Rather than requiring entirely new aerodrome construction, Eve Air Mobility plans to leverage existing airport and heliport facilities by retrofitting them with electrical charging infrastructure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

Last year, a Chinese national was convicted for passing on information about flight schedules and cargo movements at Leipzig-Halle airport.

From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026

The other two miracles were later at the airport, but I don’t remember them firsthand, so here’s what my dad said when I asked him one Sunday from Oklahoma.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

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