airstrip
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Tristan da Cunha, which has a population of 221, has no airstrip and can only be reached by boat.
From BBC ● May 10, 2026
Tessalit serves as a strategic base due to its geographical location and features a well-maintained airstrip capable of accommodating helicopters and other large military aircraft.
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
That October, intelligence agents transported the oil executives from the Helicoide jail in Caracas to an airstrip on a tiny Caribbean island in the Grenadines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
In the 1970s, building an airstrip on the high grasslands of Bangda, near India’s northeastern border, involved 16,000 people and 89 deaths.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
North of the city, we landed on an abandoned airstrip, where a cargo plane was waiting.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
