airfield

Example Sentences

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Network Rail will also carry out track upgrade work around Bristol ready for the MetroWest project with a new station set to open on the former Filton airfield site later this year.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Over the preceding several years, the Soviet Union and Cuba had grown involved in Grenada, building military facilities, providing arms, and building an airfield capable of handling military aircraft.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Unless an airfield was available, a makeshift one would need to be set up to bring equipment in and take the nuclear material out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

In one instance, a plane carrying the European Commission president was forced to divert to another airfield.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

All right, this airfield, the Special Duties airfield.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein