airport
1a tract of land or water with facilities for the landing, takeoff, shelter, supply, and repair of aircraft, especially one used for receiving or discharging passengers and cargo at regularly scheduled times.
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How to use airport in a sentence
It opens with Huckabee's dramatic recollection of going through security at the airport.
Huckabee 2016: Bend Over and Take It Like a Prisoner! | Olivia Nuzzi | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThat apparently includes some members of the management of the airport itself and some air traffic controllers.
Annoying Airport Delays Might Prevent You From Becoming the Next AirAsia 8501 | Clive Irving | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTHer travel clique has been known to arrive at an airport, bags packed, passport-in-hand, within hours of spotting a deal.
‘We Out Here’: Inside the New Black Travel Movement | Charlise Ferguson | January 4, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTTim Russert and I are driving back to the Albany airport after taking our kids to the baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
Antoine, a 40-year-old DJ who works at the airport, says he fears for his children if the police stop doing their jobs.
Every wheel in the District motor pool was on the highway from the airport, shuttling in the wedding-party.
The Great Potlatch Riots | Allen Kim LangThe boys waited until Ricardo Montoya had breakfasted, then rode with him to the airport.
The Flaming Mountain | Harold Leland GoodwinBy agreement, the countdown was to be broadcast to all aircraft over one of the airport frequencies.
The Flaming Mountain | Harold Leland GoodwinI hailed a cab to the Logan airport, changed my reservations to an earlier plane, and returned to Washington.
The Professional Approach | Charles Leonard HarnessAs he flew along toward the Newark airport, a shadow fell athwart the wing and he looked up.
The Onslaught from Rigel | Fletcher Pratt
British Dictionary definitions for airport
/ (ˈɛəˌpɔːt) /
a landing and taking-off area for civil aircraft, usually with surfaced runways and aircraft maintenance and passenger facilities
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