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flying field

American  

noun

Aeronautics.
  1. a small landing field with short runways and facilities for servicing airplanes on a lesser scale than an airport.


flying field British  

noun

  1. a small airport; an airfield

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of flying field

First recorded in 1925–30

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The Airport fire first ignited Sept. 9 off Trabuco Creek Road near the RC flying field and had grown to 23,519 acres as of Friday morning.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 20, 2024

On the broad flying field alongside the Niagara Falls plant of Bell Aircraft Corp., a queer-looking new thing appeared last week.

From Time Magazine Archive

That evening he wrote in his journal: "I felt I could take it down from its cables, carry it to some flying field, and feel perfectly at home in that cockpit again."

From Time Magazine Archive

At Anacostia the Navy got 35 planes off to Hampton Roads before the flying field went under.

From Time Magazine Archive

Holt consolidated the parcels and sold them to the federal government for the flying field and laboratory.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

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