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airport

[air-pawrt, -pohrt] / ˈɛərˌpɔrt, -ˌpoʊrt /


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“Given the short time period, we were not able to intervene and prevent this person from reaching the runway,” airport Chief Executive Officer Phillip Washington said at the news conference Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Air Force installations in Germany through the early 1990s, is now a civilian airport.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Surveillance camera footage captured Mott scaling an 8-foot fence topped with barbed wire at the perimeter of the airport in just 15 seconds, then walking across the runway.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

A privatized, market-driven airport system would encourage existing airports to compete for more airline service and would lead to new private commercial airports.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Alvarez was with the first group of American pilots driven by bus to the Hanoi airport.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin