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

The pass was close to Chushul airstrip, which was "the primary nervous centre at a time when road network connecting the region with the rest of India was largely absent", Yadav says.

From BBC

India has also built over 30 helipads and upgraded and built several airstrips along its border.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

Related Words

• path
• platform
• ramp
• road
• tarmac