airstrip
Example Sentences
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Tristan da Cunha, which has a population of 221, has no airstrip and can only be reached by boat.
From BBC ● May 10, 2026
Tessalit serves as a strategic base due to its geographical location and features a well-maintained airstrip capable of accommodating helicopters and other large military aircraft.
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
SIRTE, Libya—The twin-turboprop plane carved a line down through the sky and touched down at a desert airstrip here near Libya’s Mediterranean coast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
A senior Danish official confirmed two possible locations at Kangerlussuaq, formerly Sondrestrom, which houses a sizable airstrip, as well as the maritime gateway of Narsarsuaq.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
But the computers would be constructed in the modern buildings he had seen opposite the airstrip.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
