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airport

1

[ air-pawrt, -pohrt ]

noun

  1. 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.


airport

2

[ air-pawrt, -pohrt ]

noun

Nautical.
  1. a porthole designed to be opened to the outside air.

airport

/ ˈɛəˌɔː /

noun

  1. a landing and taking-off area for civil aircraft, usually with surfaced runways and aircraft maintenance and passenger facilities
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of airport1

1915–20; air 1 + port 1, on the model of seaport

Origin of airport2

First recorded in 1780–90; air 1 + port 4
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Flights were paid for the women to come from Romania between 2016 to 2019, with those involved subsequently met at airports.

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The chances of them meeting at one of Rome's two airports on arrival or departure is high.

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Last month Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said that she was "minded" to give consent for the airport to bring its second runway into use.

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She was more than happy to plot out a Sunday plan that doesn’t involve “a layover sitting in a coffee shop in the Phoenix airport.”

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When I landed, I took an Uber to downtown Indianapolis, got lunch, saw “Sinners” and then literally got a Lyft back to the airport and was back in Chicago at 4 p.m.

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