air station

American  

noun

1. an airfield having facilities for sheltering and servicing aircraft.

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air station British  

noun

1. an airfield, usually smaller than an airport but having facilities for the maintenance of aircraft

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Etymology

Origin of air station

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

Last year, the city received $990,000 from the state for Irvine police to purchase electric vehicles to patrol the Great Park, a former Marine air station converted for recreational uses.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2024

They held signs calling for a halt to the construction of a relocated air station within the base and chanted against Japan’s Ministry of Defense.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2024

The airfield was first used for commercial traffic and then as a naval air station, and now is part of the park site, serving as a treasured green space and athletic complex for Brooklyn.

From Washington Times • Sep. 27, 2023

The crash site was described as government property east of the air station.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 27, 2023

On a midsummer’s day in 1950, Ernest Lawrence and Luis Alvarez stood on the tarmac of an abandoned naval air station on the outskirts of a hot, dusty farm town.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik