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
As we walked across the dirt landing strip to await a second flight into Kathmandu, Stuart, Caroline, and I were approached by three ashen-faced Japanese men.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
