landing field

noun

1. an area of land large and smooth enough for the landing and takeoff of aircraft.

landing field

noun

1. an area of land on which aircraft land and from which they take off

Word History and Origins

Origin of landing field¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

Jimmy drove it straight on until he could see the little, low boundary lights that marked the edge of the landing field.

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Ever so plainly he could see the familiar landing field, where the pilots stop to pick up mail.

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About half a mile, I suppose, though our land runs clear down to the landing field.

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Duke walked steadily away from the grotesquely elaborate landing field.

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The planet itself seemed to be perfectly constructed for a gigantic landing field for interstellar ships.

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