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the passenger jet made an emergency landing at an abandoned airfield
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Show more Almost immediately, the controllers close the airfield, shutting down all runways and stopping landings and any movements.
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Elizabeth Maline, NBC News, 30 Jan. 2025
One such bottleneck is that many small airfields simply don't have the air traffic facilities for regular services.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 25 Jan. 2025
Former Secret Service members who remained close to the Carter family were also at the airfield.
—Shirleen Guerra | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 Jan. 2025
Kyiv has repeatedly targeted the airfield in trying to limit the strikes on Ukraine’s energy system, which have plunged cities into darkness, battering the Ukrainian grid and forcing officials to scramble for alternative power options.
—Cassandra Vinograd, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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Elizabeth Maline, NBC News, 30 Jan. 2025
One such bottleneck is that many small airfields simply don't have the air traffic facilities for regular services.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 25 Jan. 2025
Former Secret Service members who remained close to the Carter family were also at the airfield.
—Shirleen Guerra | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 Jan. 2025
Kyiv has repeatedly targeted the airfield in trying to limit the strikes on Ukraine’s energy system, which have plunged cities into darkness, battering the Ukrainian grid and forcing officials to scramble for alternative power options.
—Cassandra Vinograd, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Airfield.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airfield. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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airfield
noun
air·field
ˈa(ə)r-ˌfēld 
ˈe(ə)r-
1
: the landing field of an airport
2
: airport
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