airfield

Example Sentences

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The well-heeled enthusiast will be able to drive an hour from Los Angeles, or land at the nearby airfield or helipad, grab their car from the garage and burn rubber at Willow Springs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Though they could have survived the Holocaust by remaining in Palestine, they instead chose to travel through the Sinai Desert and then to a liberated airfield in Italy before departing on their mission.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

In one instance, a plane carrying the European Commission president was forced to divert to another airfield.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

A man has died while taking part in a skydive at an airfield in Devon.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

It happened when a Pe-2 dive-bomber landed at Normandie-Niemen’s airfield during a snowstorm in the winter of 1943–1944.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein