airstrip

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That October, intelligence agents transported the oil executives from the Helicoide jail in Caracas to an airstrip on a tiny Caribbean island in the Grenadines.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

The pass was close to Chushul airstrip, which was "the primary nervous centre at a time when road network connecting the region with the rest of India was largely absent", Yadav says.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026

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

Last year, the base imposed a curfew on its personnel because a polar bear was strolling around the airstrip.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

Around sunset, they landed at an airstrip near a Zande village.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston