: a place from which aircraft operate that usually has paved runways and maintenance facilities and often serves as a terminal
Examples of airport in a Sentence
the airport nearest us has plane service on only one major airline
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Torrential rains caused travel delays throughout the city, flooding subways and roads and delaying flights at JFK, Laguardia and Newark airports.
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Brent Lang, Variety, 15 July 2025
In this case, the smart city is not being built on a former airport site, but on a one-time ranch devoted to raising cattle and rice.
—Jeffrey Steele, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
The library was stocked with 8,000 volumes of Everyman Classics and airport pulp.
—Guy Trebay, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2025
The airport's website showed five international flights had been cancelled following the accident.
—Andy Bruce, USA Today, 14 July 2025
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Brent Lang, Variety, 15 July 2025
In this case, the smart city is not being built on a former airport site, but on a one-time ranch devoted to raising cattle and rice.
—Jeffrey Steele, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
The library was stocked with 8,000 volumes of Everyman Classics and airport pulp.
—Guy Trebay, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2025
The airport's website showed five international flights had been cancelled following the accident.
—Andy Bruce, USA Today, 14 July 2025
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“Airport.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airport. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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airport
noun
air·port
ˈa(ə)r-ˌpōrt 
ˈe(ə)r-,
-ˌpȯrt
: a place from which aircraft operate that usually has paved runways and maintenance facilities and often serves as a terminal
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