airfield

Example Sentences

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National Guard airfield in 1981, an FBI office in Hato Rey in 1983, and the U.S. courthouse in Old San Juan in 1985.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

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

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

If a local airfield wasn’t available, a makeshift one would need to be set up to fly equipment in and the material out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 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

Each morning they’d trek to the airfield with one woman breaking snow up to her waist for the rest of the line.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein