heliport

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Recent Examples of heliport The land has tennis courts, a swimming pool, bocce ball courts, private and formal gardens, a greenhouse and heliports. Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2025 South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung arrives at a heliport in Seoul on Jan. 2, 2024, after he was stabbed in the neck during a visit to Busan. Charlie Campbell, Time, 29 May 2025 Jet fuel fumes and noise from heliports have been a source of complaints from communities for decades, leading Mayor Giuliani to shutter the E. 60th St. heliport in 1997. Eric Katzman, New York Daily News, 25 May 2025 The New York Times reports that in 2013 a red Bell 206 helicopter operated by New York Helicopter Charter, which had a family of four from Sweden onboard, descended into the water after taking off from a heliport close to Wall Street. David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for heliport
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heliport
Noun
  • The property’s amenities are second to none and include a private helipad, state-of-the-art equestrian facilities with a 10-stall barn and riding arena, a tennis court, and a playhouse.
    Emma Reynolds, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
  • The property honors our multifaceted lives with designer boutiques for retail therapy, signature restaurants including the legendary Mastro’s, and a helipad for the gals who refuse to let Houston traffic interrupt their plans.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • Torrential rains caused travel delays throughout the city, flooding subways and roads and delaying flights at JFK, Laguardia and Newark airports.
    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
Noun
  • The Borisoglebsk airfield in Russia's Voronezh Oblast was struck overnight, and imagery shared on social media showed the fiery aftermath of the attacks.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 July 2025
  • The Ukrainian military also struck in the early hours of Saturday, targeting an airfield in the Russian town of Borisoglebsk, where fighter jets are based, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
    Natalya Kushnir, ABC News, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • The $4 million munition is in high demand and was key to defending a major U.S. air base in Qatar last month as Iran launched a ballistic missile attack in response to the U.S. targeting its nuclear facilities.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 10 July 2025
  • Pullman stars as President Thomas J. Whitmore, who takes command of an air base and delivers a massive speech to the awaiting fighters that are taking on an alien race that has invaded Earth.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 2025

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“Heliport.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heliport. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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