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flying field

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noun Aeronautics.

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

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RELATED WORDS

field, landing, port, airfield, airstrip

Nearby words

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Origin of flying field

First recorded in 1925–30
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for flying field

  • Wilbur Wright had a similar shack built on his flying-field in France, and planned to do his own cooking.

    Historic Inventions|Rupert S. Holland

  • We may watch them as they descend to their flying-field, dropping down to earth, one by one.

    High Adventure|James Norman Hall

  • All the crowd from the flying-field were running toward him, yelling.

    The Trail of the Hawk|Sinclair Lewis

British Dictionary definitions for flying field

flying field

noun

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