airfield
airfield noun: an open field designated for the taking off and landing of aircraft, but which, unlike an airport, does not necessarily have terminals or paved runways.
Noun
airfield (plural airfields)
- An open field designated for the taking off and landing of aircraft, but which, unlike an airport, does not necessarily have terminals or paved runways.
- Taiwanese war planes are parked on a highway during an annual exercise to simulate a response to a Chinese attack on Taiwan's airfields in Changhua in southern Taiwan.2020 July 14, Frida Ghitis, “Can Taiwan survive a second Trump term?”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 16 Jul 2020
- The US Air Force plans to bring the Pacific island airfield that launched the atomic bombings of Japan back into commission as it tries to broaden its basing options in the event of any hostilities with China, the service’s top officer in the Pacific says.2023 December 22, Brad Lendon, “US Air Force to reclaim Pacific airfield that launched atomic bombings as it looks to counter China”, in CNN, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2026
- Synonyms:
- aerodrome, airdrome, landing field
airfield meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
airfield in Hindi
- place where airplanes can take off and land
- हवाई मैदान havāī maidān
airfield in Tamil
- விமானத்திடல், வான்வெளிக்களம்
airfield in Urdu
- place where airplanes can take off and land
- ہَوائی مَیدان havāī maidān, طَیران گاہ tairān gāh, فِضائی مُسْتَقَر fizāī mustaqar
airfield in Bengali
- বিমানক্ষেত্র
More languagesFewer languages
- airfield in Telugu
- ఎయిర్ ఫీల్డ్, ఎయిర్ఫీల్డ్
- airfield in Malayalam
- എയർഫീൽഡ്, എയർഫീല്ഡ്
- airfield in Kannada
- ಏರ್ ಫೀಲ್ಡ್
- airfield in Punjabi
- ਏਅਰਫੀਲਡ
- airfield in Gujarati
- એરફિલ્ડ
- airfield in Odia
- ଏଯ଼ାରଫିଲ୍ଡ, ଏଯ଼ାରଫିଲ୍ଡ୍
- airfield in Nepali
- एयरफिल्ड
- airfield in Arabic
- مَهْبِط mahbiṭ, مَدْرَج madraj
- airfield in Malay
- padang terbang, lapangan terbang
- airfield in Indonesian
- lapangan terbang
- airfield in Vietnamese
- sân bay, trường bay
Examples of airfield in a sentence
- The drone has a dwell time of about six hours when operating from an in-theater airfield.
- The targeted objects include two military bases and an airfield.
- Normally two ALSs are installed in central locations relative to the airfield environment.
Synonyms of airfield
Forms of airfield
| plural | airfields |
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Origin of airfield
From air + field.
Words formed from airfield
Questions about airfield
- What does airfield mean?
- Airfield means an open field designated for the taking off and landing of aircraft, but which, unlike an airport, does not necessarily have terminals or paved runways.
- What is airfield in Hindi?
- Airfield in Hindi is हवाई मैदान (havāī maidān). See Airfield meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is airfield?
- Airfield is a noun.
- What is the plural of airfield?
- The plural of airfield is airfields.
Words near airfield in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: airfield (page history and authors); airfield (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); airfield (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); airfield (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); airfield (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); airfield (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); airfield (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); airfield (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); airfield (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); airfield (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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