landing strip

Example Sentences

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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

On Sunday, the 44-year-old captain met the same fate as her husband when the propeller plane she was co-piloting crashed near the landing strip in Pokhara, a 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 long stretch of calm water was all the landing strip this behemoth needed to reach populous seaports in the United States and Europe or exotic destinations like Honolulu, Fiji and Java.

From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2021

His crews spared the landing strip and the mess halls so that they could land safely when their work was done and enjoy a hot snack before retiring.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller