airstrip
Example Sentences
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Tessalit serves as a strategic base due to its geographical location and features a well-maintained airstrip capable of accommodating helicopters and other large military aircraft.
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
Today it is home to an empty airstrip and the rusty remains of buildings, vehicles and hundreds of fuel drums, nicknamed American flowers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 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
It was getting dark, and the pilots decided to spend the night in the cockpit, sitting on the airstrip.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
