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This tiny airstrip receives flights from Panama City's Albrook airport (PAC).
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Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2025
The first phase will only include a paved airstrip to allow for planes to touch down from the university’s Daytona campus, Tedrow told the board on Wednesday.
—Katie Sartoris, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 May 2025
But flights from Kathmandu are hard to book during the busy season, and many trekkers must drive from Kathmandu to an airstrip in Rammechap and then board flights to Lukla.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 30 Apr. 2025
No, they’re spread out across Ukraine, flying from small airstrips and even—as the recent photo from the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade depicts—stretches of highway.
—David Axe, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
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Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2025
The first phase will only include a paved airstrip to allow for planes to touch down from the university’s Daytona campus, Tedrow told the board on Wednesday.
—Katie Sartoris, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 May 2025
But flights from Kathmandu are hard to book during the busy season, and many trekkers must drive from Kathmandu to an airstrip in Rammechap and then board flights to Lukla.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 30 Apr. 2025
No, they’re spread out across Ukraine, flying from small airstrips and even—as the recent photo from the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade depicts—stretches of highway.
—David Axe, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Airstrip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airstrip. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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airstrip
noun
air·strip
-ˌstrip 
: a runway without normal air base or airport equipment
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