airfield
a level area, usually equipped with hard-surfaced runways, on which airplanes take off and land.
Origin of airfield
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How to use airfield in a sentence
But there are certainly unacknowledged programs flying quietly from airfields in Nevada, if not other locations.
The Killer Drone Goes Stealthy—Just in Time for a New Cold War | Zach Rosenberg | April 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShould they just absorb the loss or retaliate by bombing Cuban airfields?
The Commander-in-Chief Test: What the Cuban Missile Crisis Tells Us About JFK | David G. Coleman | October 16, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTShould he order air strikes on the airfields to take them out?
The Commander-in-Chief Test: What the Cuban Missile Crisis Tells Us About JFK | David G. Coleman | October 16, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTScuds are notoriously inaccurate, and cities are much easier targets than airfields.
And what was just a rugged military outpost a few years ago is now one of the busiest airfields in the world.
They had one chap who could get at the tank cars that took aviation gasoline from the refinery to the various Nazi airfields.
Space Platform | Murray LeinsterMen were already tumbling out of bed at three airfields, buckling helmets and hoping their oxygen tanks would function properly.
Space Platform | Murray Leinster
British Dictionary definitions for airfield
/ (ˈɛəˌfiːld) /
a landing and taking-off area for aircraft, usually with permanent buildings
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