airstrip

Example Sentences

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Kish, westward into the Gulf, has an airstrip.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

That October, intelligence agents transported the oil executives from the Helicoide jail in Caracas to an airstrip on a tiny Caribbean island in the Grenadines.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 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

Because Alligator Alcatraz is housed near an airstrip, he said the facility is intended to facilitate quick deportations.

From Salon • Jul. 17, 2025

Frank looked down and saw the airstrip riddled with craters like a piece of burning Swiss cheese.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan