landing field

Example Sentences

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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

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

Thence across miles of "natural landing field," beacons visible as far as the eye can reach ahead.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dozens and dozens of planes used Sulphur Island as an emergency landing field on their way back from bombing Japan.

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