Synonyms of airports

airports

noun

plural of airport

as in airfields

a place from which aircraft operate that usually has paved runways and a terminal

the airport nearest us has plane service on only one major airline

Synonyms & Similar Words

• airfields
• aerodromes
• airstrips
• airdromes
• runways
• fields
• heliports
• air bases
• helipads
• landing fields
• landing strips
• air parks
• jetports
• launchpads
• pads

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of airports

This all comes at a time when ICE arrests have reached a record high—nearly fifty-one thousand in August alone—with agents conducting operations nationwide at hospitals, at airports, and outside schools. — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026

In the future, if these technical and regulatory limitations can be overcome, the technology could extend far beyond hotels and airports. — New Atlas, 4 Oct. 2026

Given today’s risks, frontier labs need to run like nuclear power plants or busy airports, with layers of redundancy and careful, time-consuming planning, so that the occasional and inevitable human error does not open a door to disaster. — Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2026

The Massachusetts Port Authority, which operates the state's three major airports, confirmed that the aircraft did not arrive at Boston Logan International Airport as scheduled. — James Cirrone , Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Lately, state lawmakers have also handed down laws preempting local ordinances on workplace safety, cruise ships, climate goals, fertilizer, naming of airports and painting sidewalks. — Nico Rivero, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026

The amendment would change the composition of Los Angeles World Airport’s board of commissioners, which oversee Van Nuys and Los Angeles International airports. — Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Sacramento International is one of eight airports nationwide selected for new tower construction as part of an FAA initiative to modernize aging air traffic infrastructure. — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026

About a dozen large European airports have been forced to temporarily suspend flights due to drone incursions in the last year, according to findings by the European Commission and various media reports. — Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2026