airport
- noun
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A place with a long strip of ground where planes take off and land, together with buildings where travellers wait and are checked.
We reached the airport with barely twenty minutes to spare.
Heavy snow closed the airport for the whole weekend.
A shuttle bus runs from the airport to the city centre.
The small airport has only one runway and two gates.
Common collocations: at the airport · to the airport · international airport · airport terminal · pick somebody up from the airport
Part of: Airports and stations, Means of transport, Buildings and places, Holidays