landing strip
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The ski plane they study the wolves from uses the frozen lake as a landing strip because there’s nowhere to touch down on the island.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2024
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
“Think of it like an airport with a grass landing strip, versus an airport with a concrete runway,” Mueller said.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2022
A small group of people stood together in near silence, some recording video as the aircraft taxied from the landing strip and rolled to a halt.
From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2022
Rows of blue runway lights stretched out along the valley floor behind us, delineating Og’s private landing strip.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
