altiportn.
/ˈaltɪpɔːt/, U.S. /ˈæltəˌpɔrt/ Chiefly in France: a small airfield at a high altitude, esp. at a mountain skiing resort.
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1963 Times 13 Feb. 8/6 Méribel's ‘altiport’, with its tiny waiting-room and runway of beaten snow, is perched above the village on a shelf of the Burgin mountain.
1984 S. Johnson Tunnel xxiii. 210 They took an air-taxi from the alti-port at seven o'clock the next morning.
1993 Sunday Times 10 Jan. v. 10/4 From the top of the lift you can ski towards Courchevel's Altiport sector or to the beginning of the Saulire cable car.
2007 P. Hardy & F. Hardy Great Skiing & Snowboarding Guide 206/1 Other communities are situated off the dead-end road leading to the Altiport.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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