airfieldnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈeə.fiːld/us/ˈer.fiːld/UK old-fashioned aerodromea level area where aircraft can take off and land, with fewer buildings and services than an airport and used by fewer passengers
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Air travel: airports & landing strips
- aerodrome
- airbase
- airbridge
- airport
- airstrip
- apron
- carousel
- check in
- check-in desk
- gate
- hangar
- helipad
- heliport
- Jetway
- landing strip
- pad
- reclaim
- runway
- terminal
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Examples from literature
- It jolted and bumped over the tarmac, then lifted, and Joe saw that the island was nearly all airfield.
- Minutes later, all the planes, including Tom's, landed at the airfield.
- Mr. Newton promised to have five cargo jets loaded and prepared for take-off from the construction company airfield.
- Then he phoned the base airfield to dispatch a helicopter.
- There was still firing from the commercial airport and the smaller military airfield.