Prestwick

American

[prest-wik] / ˈprɛst wɪk /

noun

international airport in W Scotland.

Prestwick British

/ ˈprɛstwɪk /

noun

a town in SW Scotland, in South Ayrshire on the Firth of Clyde; international airport, golf course: tourism. Pop: 14 934 (2001)

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The sharp increase in freight flights through state-owned Glasgow Prestwick is sign of continued recovery for the airport after a turbulent decade.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

State-owned Prestwick Airport was also particularly busy with freight flights, seeing a near three-fold year-on-year increase in cargo volumes.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Coastguard aircraft from as far afield as Prestwick and Carlisle have been scrambled to assist in the search alongside a "commercial" search and rescue helicopter.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

But Aeralis's preference was to design and manufacture parts of its advanced trainer jet at the company's sites across the UK, before assembling the aircraft at Prestwick International Airport in Ayrshire, Scotland.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

At Glasgow we found my sister Elizabeth, who had flown to Prestwick from Copenhagen.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

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