: a place from which aircraft operate that usually has paved runways and maintenance facilities and often serves as a terminal
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the airport nearest us has plane service on only one major airline
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The first option calls for the Silver Line to be built as light rail from the airport to Bojangles Coliseum in east Charlotte, with the option to extend it in both directions in the future.
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Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2025
Some airports may also experience disruptions and delays, such as during the 2019 shutdown when air traffic controllers working without pay threatened to walk off the job—a move that helped end the shutdown.
—Nik Popli, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025
There are other worries: the air traffic controller shortage is leading some airports to struggle to keep up with the demand for more flights coming in and out.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025
JetBlue Airways is extending its suspension of flights into Haiti’s main international airport in Port-au-Prince.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025
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Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2025
Some airports may also experience disruptions and delays, such as during the 2019 shutdown when air traffic controllers working without pay threatened to walk off the job—a move that helped end the shutdown.
—Nik Popli, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025
There are other worries: the air traffic controller shortage is leading some airports to struggle to keep up with the demand for more flights coming in and out.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025
JetBlue Airways is extending its suspension of flights into Haiti’s main international airport in Port-au-Prince.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025
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“Airport.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airport. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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airport
noun
air·port
ˈa(ə)r-ˌpōrt 
ˈe(ə)r-,
-ˌpȯrt
: a place from which aircraft operate that usually has paved runways and maintenance facilities and often serves as a terminal
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