flight line

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noun

an area for the servicing and maintenance of airplanes that includes parking ramps and hangars.

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Origin of flight line

First recorded in 1940–45

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How to use flight line in a sentence

The 82nd has taken control of her compound and there’s a clear route from there to the flight line now.
Transgender USAF veteran trapped in Taliban takeover of Kabul|Brody Levesque|August 15, 2021|Washington Blade
Several of the fast rescue boats should be patrolling the flight line, ready to fish Yank pilots and crewmen out of the water.
A Yankee Flier Over Berlin|Al Avery

British Dictionary definitions for flight line

flight line

noun

an area of an airfield or airport on which aircraft, esp military aircraft, are parked and serviced

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