landing strip
Example Sentences
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Now, where the old landing strip was, you’ll find the parking lot for the zoo.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2023
On Sunday, the 44-year-old captain met the same fate as her husband when the propeller plane she was co-piloting crashed near the landing strip in Pokhara, a vacation destination.
From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2023
The Naval Air Station Whidbey Island training takes place at both an Oak Harbor landing strip and a field near Coupeville, where crews simulate landing on ships by circling around and performing brief touchdowns.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2022
On the landing strip, children with moms and grandmothers gathered to greet Santa, played by pilot Ralph Hoover.
From Washington Post • Dec. 19, 2021
The problem was that there was nowhere at Pochala for planes with food and supplies to land, no landing strip.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
