airfield

Example Sentences

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If a local airfield wasn’t available, a makeshift one would need to be set up to fly equipment in and the material out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

Devon and Cornwall Police said officers were called to the airfield near Honiton at about 13:00 GMT on Saturday.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

The United States can count on plenty of other military assets in the region, including ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf, and the Baledogle airfield in Somalia.

From Barron's • Jan. 13, 2026

The airfield can flood in heavy rain, forcing commercial flights to be grounded.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2025

In September 1942, Zoya Pozhidayeva and Olga Golisheva took off from the airfield at Anisovka and lined up to fly side by side to protect a railway and bridge from an enemy attack.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein