a tract of land or water with facilities for the landing, takeoff, shelter, supply, and repair of aircraft, especially one used for receiving or discharging passengers and cargo at regularly scheduled times.
Origin of airport
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1915–20; air1 + port1, on the model of seaport
Words nearby airport
air plot, air plug, air pocket, Air Police, air pollution, airport, airport code, air potato, air power, air pressure, airproof
Definition for airport (2 of 2)
airport2
[ air-pawrt, -pohrt ]
/ ˈɛərˌpɔrt, -ˌpoʊrt /
nounNautical.
a porthole designed to be opened to the outside air.
Testing is crucial both for passenger confidence and for the confidence of border authorities, and—given the volume of passengers passing through large airports—speed is of the essence.
‘We know the dogs work’: Coronavirus-sniffing dogs go into action at Helsinki Airport|David Meyer|September 23, 2020|Fortune
At one point the airport itself questioned the legality of the fee and moved to join the litigation, but later backed away from the challenge.
Port Settlements Will Send Refunds to Airport Rental Car Customers|Ashly McGlone|September 22, 2020|Voice of San Diego
Humanitarian permits can be granted for medical treatment and some businessmen get more expansive permits that allow them to use the airport and pass freely at checkpoints.
Palestinians Are Breaking Lockdown to Go to the Beach|Fiona Zublin|September 18, 2020|Ozy
Limiting touchpoints and unnecessary face-to-face interactions will change the way airports operate.
The opening will give the UAE’s biggest carriers—Emirates and Etihad—an opportunity to feed Israeli passengers through their airport hubs in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, respectively, connecting to destinations further east and west.
Israel’s El Al Airlines makes historic flight through Saudi airspace en route to UAE|Bernhard Warner|August 31, 2020|Fortune
It opens with Huckabee's dramatic recollection of going through security at the airport.
Huckabee 2016: Bend Over and Take It Like a Prisoner!|Olivia Nuzzi|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
That apparently includes some members of the management of the airport itself and some air traffic controllers.
Annoying Airport Delays Might Prevent You From Becoming the Next AirAsia 8501|Clive Irving|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Her travel clique has been known to arrive at an airport, bags packed, passport-in-hand, within hours of spotting a deal.
‘We Out Here’: Inside the New Black Travel Movement|Charlise Ferguson|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Tim Russert and I are driving back to the Albany airport after taking our kids to the baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
Mario Cuomo, Always Moving Us Toward the Light|Mike Barnicle|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Antoine, a 40-year-old DJ who works at the airport, says he fears for his children if the police stop doing their jobs.
Ground Zero of the NYPD Slowdown|Batya Ungar-Sargon|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He need not run; he could wait until the pursuit passed, then walk leisurely to the airport, get a cab, and go home.
The Golden Skull|John Blaine
Im mighty anxious to get out to the airport as soon as it clears up.
Famous Flyers|David Goodger (goodger@python.org)
They have everything here except Company House—docks, airport, everything.
Uller Uprising|Henry Beam Piper, John D. Clark and John F. Carr
Did he tell you this after the President's plane arrived at the airport or was it before?
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
They entered the wide doorway of the warehouse on the dock-level floor of the Airport Building and crossed to the lift.
Graveyard of Dreams|Henry Beam Piper
British Dictionary definitions for airport
airport
/ (ˈɛəˌpɔːt) /
noun
a landing and taking-off area for civil aircraft, usually with surfaced runways and aircraft maintenance and passenger facilities