airfield

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In Nurmsi, Estonia, the government last year opened a first-of-its-kind drone training center to allow Estonia and other allies to test drones by a grass-covered airfield surrounded by some of the country’s vast pine forests.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

National Guard airfield in 1981, an FBI office in Hato Rey in 1983, and the U.S. courthouse in Old San Juan in 1985.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 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

Devon and Cornwall Police said officers were called to the airfield near Honiton at about 13:00 GMT on Saturday.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

They couldn’t use bright lights to guide them in to land, because any kind of permanent airfield lighting might have been spotted by enemy aircraft.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein