landing field

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But just as a scene begins to flatten, an aircraft crashes into a tree or flips cleanly onto its back on a landing field, instantly reviving the narrative.

From Washington Post • Nov. 29, 2022

During his term on the council, Kanno helped lead the early push for the creation of Mile Square Park, now a sprawling regional park that was built on a naval landing field.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2017

Camouflaged antiaircraft guns poked up their snouts on the perimeter of the landing field, where two huge Soviet An-22 transport planes rested.

From Time Magazine Archive

As the airliner approached North Beach airport, the movie show was replaced by a ground view of the landing field, with a plane coming down to land.

From Time Magazine Archive

Iwo Jima, Admiral Nimitz decided, was the best place for such an emergency landing field.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac