How to Use airfield in a Sentence

airfield

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  • Not long ago, the airfield saw dozens of arrivals and departures every day.
    — Anna Coren, Sandi Sidhu and Tim Lister, CNN, 6 July 2021
  • The scene was filmed at an airfield in Arcachon, France, with no green screen or special effects used.
    — New York Times, 10 July 2021
  • Countless missions were launched from this airfield and countless wounded were Medevaced here.
    — ABC News, 4 July 2021
  • Local authorities did not confirm the airfields were attacked.
    — Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Observers spotted Russia’s secret new fighter jet under wraps at a Russian airfield.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 19 July 2021
  • There are now multiple gates that have access for entry into the airfield, which will help expedite processing in a safe and orderly manner.
    — USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2021
  • While the woman was operating a lawn tractor near the airfield runway, she was struck by a small plane that was making a landing, according to Tessier.
    — Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 7 July 2021
  • The airfield also includes a prison with about 5,000 prisoners, many of them allegedly Taliban.
    — Time, 6 July 2021
  • Following a wait of about an hour, Kabul air traffic control reportedly told Birjani that the airfield was now uncontrolled.
    — Greg Norman, Fox News, 18 Aug. 2021
  • The Sheriff’s Department and airport staff will investigate how the man got onto the airfield and will try and identify him, according to the statement.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2021
  • The air above the airfield was thick was smoke as sirens filled the air after the blast.
    — Katie Wadington, USA TODAY, 27 Aug. 2021
  • The airfield plays a small role in the history of 9/11.
    — Ben Brasch, ajc, 10 Sep. 2021
  • The plane was found at the end of runway 23, between the airfield and Race Lane.
    — Camilo Fonseca, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2022
  • New Haven owns the airport, but a portion of the airfield is in East Haven.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Why not sip a drink and enjoy the airfield views through the floor to ceiling windwows that run the length of the lounge?
    — Michele Robson, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
  • At one point, after a handful of lessons, the two told Garza that some friends had come to the airfield to meet him.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2021
  • The assembly of the roof had to take place on an empty airfield.
    — Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The next morning, Coleman and the mechanic did a test run over the airfield.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 10 Aug. 2022
  • The young troops stood between the masses and the airfield, forming a human wall.
    — Mirzahussain Sadid, ProPublica, 5 Apr. 2022
  • The Prince and Princess of Wales, both 42, also spent time in the clubhouse with George at the airfield, according to the outlet.
    — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Video footage shared on Telegram appeared to show a large fire and massive plumes of dark smoke at the airfield.
    — Mikhail Klimentov, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The passenger walked out onto the wing of the plane and slid down onto the airfield, police said.
    — Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2022
  • The battlefield was built on a flat airfield that’s about the size of three football fields outside of Prague.
    — Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The fall of Saigon sequence at the end of the first episode was filmed on an airfield affiliated with the Thai Army.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 12 June 2024
  • The pilot looks ahead and down, and sees the edge of the airfield at an angle of declination of 27.9 degrees.
    — Richard Malena, Popular Mechanics, 22 Aug. 2022
  • The records were set at an airfield in Örebro, Sweden, in the early hours of Thursday, June 27.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 2 July 2024
  • Now, Stars and Stripes reports that the brigade has renamed its airfield to honor the two pilots.
    — Ike Morgan | [email protected], al, 9 June 2023
  • She is being given access to secure areas of the airfield to aid in the search.
    — Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Nelson had been stationed at the airfield that had been built on her property and the two were close friends.
    — Oline H. Cogdill, sun-sentinel.com, 25 Jan. 2022
  • The crew landed at an airfield and escaped, El Mundo reported.
    — Penn Bullock, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2024

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