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airstrip

[air-strip] / ˈɛərˌstrɪp /
NOUN
airport
Synonyms
STRONGEST
airfield installation runway
STRONG
airdrome hangar heliport strip
WEAK
aerodome helipad home plate landing strip
NOUN
landing field
Synonyms
WEAK
air base air harbor airfield aviation field field flight deck flight strip flying field landing landing deck landing strip port takeoff strip
NOUN
landing strip
Synonyms
STRONGEST
air base airfield
WEAK
aerodrome airport flight strip landing field runway strip takeoff strip taxiway
NOUN
runway
Synonyms
STRONGEST
path platform ramp road tarmac
STRONG
channel groove passageway strip

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

Via a Middle East investment company, Assets Group, the Qataris are currently building an exclusive, 40-villa luxury resort there, with an upgraded concrete airstrip capable of receiving executive jets, far from prying eyes.

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2025

The facility went up on a former airstrip in eight days and will have an initial capacity of 3,000 detainees.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2025

Around sunset, they landed at an airstrip near a Zande village.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston