taxiway
noun
taxi·way
ˈtak-sē-ˌwā 
: a usually paved strip for taxiing (as from the terminal to a runway) at an airport
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Though the blast left a large hole in a taxiway and led to the cancellation of dozens of flights, no one was injured during the incident.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024
Videos broadcast on Japanese TV showed a crater in the taxiway roughly 20 feet in diameter and around 3 feet deep.
—Bradford Betz, Fox News, 2 Oct. 2024
The explosion created a large crater on the taxiway at Miyazaki Airport in southwestern Japan on Wednesday, Oct. 2, CBS News and the Associated Press report.
—Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
There were no reports of injuries from the incident, which created a crater about 20 feet long and 13 feet wide on the airport’s taxiway, while 87 flights were canceled as the airport closed its runway for the day.
—Ty Roush, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024
Videos broadcast on Japanese TV showed a crater in the taxiway roughly 20 feet in diameter and around 3 feet deep.
—Bradford Betz, Fox News, 2 Oct. 2024
The explosion created a large crater on the taxiway at Miyazaki Airport in southwestern Japan on Wednesday, Oct. 2, CBS News and the Associated Press report.
—Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
There were no reports of injuries from the incident, which created a crater about 20 feet long and 13 feet wide on the airport’s taxiway, while 87 flights were canceled as the airport closed its runway for the day.
—Ty Roush, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Taxiway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/taxiway. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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