airfield

Example Sentences

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The airfield remained closed Tuesday after a night of crews fighting small start-up fires in the area.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

As of 1 p.m., the base said the airfield had been closed, and all inbound aircraft were being diverted.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2026

"A United States Air Force B-52 Stratofortress crashed shortly after takeoff on the Edwards airfield at 11:20 am," the base said on Facebook.

From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026

"The fire in the hangar has now been extinguished, and the airfield has been closed," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

At first, the shocked ground crew waiting back at the intermediate airfield had no way of knowing who’d been killed until the surviving aircraft returned.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein