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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Origin of flying field

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby flying field

flying column, flying doctor, flying dragon, Flying Dustbin, Flying Dutchman, flying field, flying fish, flying fox, flying frog, flying gurnard, flying head

How to use flying field in a sentence

He had wondered in a puzzled fashion why the great ship had shown its mysterious presence over the flying field.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930|Various
Phone the commercial flying field near the base of Mount Lawson.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930|Various
And beyond that was the level expanse of the military flying field.
Dave Dawson with the R.A.F|R. Sidney Bowen
I was sent directly to the flying field and given a machine at once.
Lest We Forget|John Gilbert Thompson

It was two days later when they stood at headquarters on the flying field again.
The Onslaught from Rigel|Fletcher Pratt

British Dictionary definitions for flying field

flying field

noun

a small airport; an airfield

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