airstrip

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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

The government consulted studies to identify the hours of lightest traffic from Altiplano to an airstrip near Mexico City, where the men would board flights to the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

The informant also sent Sánchez a video of a Cessna landing on a rudimentary airstrip near the mine.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

Because Alligator Alcatraz is housed near an airstrip, he said the facility is intended to facilitate quick deportations.

From Salon • Jul. 17, 2025

Outside the windows of O’Hare International Airport, the sky was painted a particular shade of gray and leaving droplets of water on the large glass windows that looked out onto the airstrip.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin