flight strip

American  

noun

1. Aeronautics.

   1. a strip of cleared land used as an emergency runway for aircraft.

   2. runway.

2. a series of continuous aerial reconnaissance photographs.

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flight strip British  

noun

1. a strip of cleared land used as an emergency runway for aircraft

2. another name for runway

3. a strip of continuous aerial photographs

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Etymology

Origin of flight strip

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

It is a flight strip about one mile long, paved with steel mats laid on gravel.

From Time Magazine Archive

Beyond the flight strip, on both sides, are low, scrub-covered hills.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Fifteen or 20 miles over water is daunting in daylight," says Joe Orlando, an Essex pilot who met Kennedy on the flight strip a few months ago.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tony and Arno helped them wheel the Nardis out on the flight strip.

From A Yankee Flier in Italy by Montgomery, Rutherford George

There was nothing but the green slope of the hill and the smooth runways leading to the flight strip.

From A Yankee Flier Over Berlin by Laune, Paul

Related Words

• air base
• airfield
• airstrip