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Recent Examples of airstrip
Its ability to land without airstrips unlocks affordable transport options for industries like mining, disaster relief and medical supply delivery in isolated communities.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 May 2025
On April 30, Dinh, Tran and their three young children left their home on an army base near Saigon to head to the airstrip.
—Jonathan Horwitz, Oc Register, 26 Apr. 2025
This means logistics operators could eliminate the upfront costs of traditional transportation infrastructure like airstrips, roads and railroads when moving cargo to and from remote sites like Arctic mines and oil and gas operations.
—New Atlas, 13 Mar. 2025
The property currently has a private, unpaved airstrip, but the college would upgrade it to a paved facility that meets Federal Aviation Standards for the new campus.
—Laura Kinsler, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 May 2025
On April 30, Dinh, Tran and their three young children left their home on an army base near Saigon to head to the airstrip.
—Jonathan Horwitz, Oc Register, 26 Apr. 2025
This means logistics operators could eliminate the upfront costs of traditional transportation infrastructure like airstrips, roads and railroads when moving cargo to and from remote sites like Arctic mines and oil and gas operations.
—New Atlas, 13 Mar. 2025
The property currently has a private, unpaved airstrip, but the college would upgrade it to a paved facility that meets Federal Aviation Standards for the new campus.
—Laura Kinsler, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airstrip
Noun
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Giannina Azar opened her show with fire dancers, while Love for Upcycling brought live parrots on the runway.—
Cassell Ferere,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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The runway this week is Wild Wild West, but not one of these queens references Salma Hayek!—
Chris Feil,
Vulture,
6 June 2025
Noun
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An additional guesthouse, a helipad, a floating dock, and acres of surrounding land round out the impressive compound, which boasts 2,000 feet of Oyster Bay Harbor water frontage.—
Katie Schultz,
Architectural Digest,
30 May 2025
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The crash victim, then 56, was airlifted from a helipad directly to an Illinois trauma hospital.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2025
Noun
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The bill’s extended timeline is to allow for time for the industry to adapt and for the city to update its contracts with heliport operators, Farias said.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
24 Apr. 2025
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One month before their sighting at the London heliport, Cruise and de Armas were photographed together in London during a night out on Feb. 13.—
Sharareh Drury,
People.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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The base would be coupled with Berbera International Airport, which at 2.6 miles has one of the longest landing strips in Africa.—
Abdi Latif Dahir,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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Ken said that when the plane finally stopped on that tiny landing strip, its nose was 2 feet from the water.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 2025
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But thanks to Andrew Cuomo’s time as governor, the once awful Third World landing field in Queens now matches Fiorello the man in superlatives.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
31 Mar. 2025
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Across the street from the resort was the Chicagoland Airport, once a satellite landing field during World War II for Glenview Naval Air Station.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Airstrip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airstrip. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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