landing strip

Example Sentences

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Now, where the old landing strip was, you’ll find the parking lot for the zoo.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2023

The twin-engine propeller plane she was co-piloting crashed about a mile from the landing strip at a newly built airport in Pokhara, a Himalayan vacation destination.

From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2023

On the landing strip, children with moms and grandmothers gathered to greet Santa, played by pilot Ralph Hoover.

From Washington Post • Dec. 19, 2021

A long stretch of calm water was all the landing strip this behemoth needed to reach populous seaports in the United States and Europe or destinations like Honolulu, Fiji and Java.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2021

We cleared some ground for a landing strip, and then the planes began landing to make their deliveries.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau