airport

¹

[ air-pawrt, -pohrt ]

noun

1. a tract of land or water with facilities for the landing, takeoff, shelter, supply, and repair of aircraft, especially one used for receiving or discharging passengers and cargo at regularly scheduled times.

airport

²

[ air-pawrt, -pohrt ]

noun

, Nautical.

1. a porthole designed to be opened to the outside air.

airport

/ ˈɛəˌpɔːt /

noun

1. a landing and taking-off area for civil aircraft, usually with surfaced runways and aircraft maintenance and passenger facilities

Word History and Origins

Origin of airport¹

1915–20; air ¹ + port ¹, on the model of seaport

Origin of airport²

First recorded in 1780–90; air ¹ + port ⁴

Example Sentences

It crashed just east of Fullerton Airport along Artesia Boulevard, according to the Fullerton Fire Department.

From Los Angeles Times

It wasn’t the aircraft’s first flight of the day — it had just been flown from an airport in La Verne.

From Los Angeles Times

LAX expects more than 2.2 million passengers to fly through it between Thursday and Monday, with the busiest travel day expected to be Sunday, airport officials said in a release.

From Los Angeles Times

But for those who got an early start to the holidays, the scene at the nation’s second busiest airport was more hectic than usual Monday as unionized workers who clean planes and handle baggage held a demonstration at LAX to demand higher wages.

From Los Angeles Times

The protest at the airport Monday was followed by a food drive for workers who the union says can’t afford quality groceries or holiday meals because of low wages.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• airfield
• airstrip
• installation
• runway