airstrip
Example Sentences
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DHS is expected to allow the closure of Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz,” a soft-sided, state-run facility built on an abandoned airstrip in the Florida Everglades that Noem had relied on to increase detention capacity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Israeli forces established a makeshift base using an old airstrip in Iraq early in the war against Iran, two security officials told AFP, confirming a report by the Wall Street Journal.
From Barron's ● May 10, 2026
The pass was close to Chushul airstrip, which was "the primary nervous centre at a time when road network connecting the region with the rest of India was largely absent", Yadav says.
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2026
The government consulted studies to identify the hours of lightest traffic from Altiplano to an airstrip near Mexico City, where the men would board flights to the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025
It was getting dark, and the pilots decided to spend the night in the cockpit, sitting on the airstrip.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
