airstrip

American  

[air-strip] / ˈɛərˌstrɪp /

noun

1. a small landing field having only one runway.

2. a temporary or auxiliary aircraft runway.

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airstrip British  

/ ˈɛəˌstrɪp /

noun

1. Also called: landing strip.  a cleared area for the landing and taking off of aircraft; runway

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Etymology

Origin of airstrip

First recorded in 1940–45; air ¹ + strip ²

Example Sentences

In the 1970s, building an airstrip on the high grasslands of Bangda, near India’s northeastern border, involved 16,000 people and 89 deaths.

From The Wall Street Journal

The government consulted studies to identify the hours of lightest traffic from Altiplano to an airstrip near Mexico City, where the men would board flights to the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal

Officials have said that Lopez helped trick Zambada into boarding the plane, having led him to believe he was travelling to northern Mexico to look at prospective properties for clandestine airstrips.

From BBC

By the time WWI ended, airports and airstrips dotted the L.A. area — by some accounts, 53 existed within 10 miles of City Hall.

From Los Angeles Times

There were wind tunnels, airstrips, and other facilities where researchers tested airplane parts and theories of math and science.

From Literature

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