airstrip

Example Sentences

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SIRTE, Libya—The twin-turboprop plane carved a line down through the sky and touched down at a desert airstrip here near Libya’s Mediterranean coast.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

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

Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen said the bodies had been transferred to a nearby airstrip after the landslide in Marakwet East late on Friday night.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2025

Alex wrenched the gear into first, released the hand brake, and gunned the Jeep forward, shooting over the drive and onto the grass, heading for the airstrip.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz