Meaning & use
airport
A facility with runways and terminals where aircraft take off, land, and passengers board.
See it in a sentence
We arrived at the airport two hours before our international flight.
The small regional airport only handles a few domestic flights each day.
A note on using this word
Large airports are often called 'international airports' when they handle flights to and from other countries.
Words with a similar meaning
airfield
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