landing field

Example Sentences

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But just as a scene begins to flatten, an aircraft crashes into a tree or flips cleanly onto its back on a landing field, instantly reviving the narrative.

From Washington Post • Nov. 29, 2022

During his term on the council, Kanno helped lead the early push for the creation of Mile Square Park, now a sprawling regional park that was built on a naval landing field.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2017

As the airliner approached North Beach airport, the movie show was replaced by a ground view of the landing field, with a plane coming down to land.

From Time Magazine Archive

As helicopters shuttled wallboard and lumber from the chasm's edge down to the canyon floor, a group of 50 Havasupai near by never once looked toward the landing field.

From Time Magazine Archive

Iwo Jima, Admiral Nimitz decided, was the best place for such an emergency landing field.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac