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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.

Origin of flying field

First recorded in 1925–30
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Related Words for flying field

field, landing, port, airfield, airstrip

Examples from the Web for flying field

Historical Examples of flying field

  • 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

  • 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

British Dictionary definitions for flying field

flying field

noun

a small airport; an airfield
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