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

Example Sentences

At the top of the list of things people don’t like about LAX are the traffic in and out of the airport and the high cost of a ride.

From Los Angeles Times

Major airline hub airports -- Atlanta in the southeastern state of Georgia and Houston in the southern state of Texas -- have also faced hours-long waits due to low TSA staffing.

From Barron's

Over the weekend, travelers waited nearly three hours in TSA lines at some major U.S. airports.

From MarketWatch

The main airport in New Orleans warned Monday that TSA lines might be two hours.

From The Wall Street Journal

The airport advised passengers to arrive four hours before their flight to allow for TSA delays.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• airfield
• airstrip
• installation
• runway