Wondering how to use Airstrip in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as strip or airfield.
Airstrip meaning
An aircraft landing field, usually with one runway and only basic facilities.
Using Airstrip
- The main meaning on this page is: An aircraft landing field, usually with one runway and only basic facilities.
- Useful related words include: flight strip, landing strip, strip, airfield.
- In the example corpus, airstrip often appears in combinations such as: the airstrip, an airstrip, airstrip in.
Context around Airstrip
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 6 middle, 12 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Airstrip
- In this selection, "airstrip" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 27.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, saeedna, largest, different, near and bisecting stand out and add context to how "airstrip" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a different airstrip near the and a jungle airstrip. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "airstrip" sits close to words such as abate, aeronautics and affidavits, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with airstrip
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A small airstrip was rarely used except in medical emergencies. (10 words)
The trailer ends with the hero and the villain fighting shirtless on an airstrip. (14 words)
A harbor was nearing completion, and workers were also constructing a terminal building at the airstrip. (16 words)
And they’re talking with people involved in the flight — like a second hunter who Stiteler says was waiting for Tucker to return to pick him up after he dropping off Blace at a different airstrip near the western boundary of the preserve. (43 words)
INS Jatayu will be commissioned days after Prime Ministers and Pravind Jugnauth of Mauritius jointly inaugurated an airstrip and a jetty that India has built on the Mauritian island of Agal├йga off the coast of Africa in the western Indian Ocean. (42 words)
Families, friends, teachers and community members of Mahdia gathered at the town’s airstrip to bid their final farewell to the teen girls, before they were flown to Micobie, where their funeral rites were read and they were laid to rest. (41 words)
Example sentences (20)
Attah further said the company has completed construction of Airstrip that could receive more than 60 passenger capacity aircrafts, making it one of the largest airstrip in Africa.
And they’re talking with people involved in the flight — like a second hunter who Stiteler says was waiting for Tucker to return to pick him up after he dropping off Blace at a different airstrip near the western boundary of the preserve.
Families, friends, teachers and community members of Mahdia gathered at the town’s airstrip to bid their final farewell to the teen girls, before they were flown to Micobie, where their funeral rites were read and they were laid to rest.
Home Secretary Suella Braverman said 200 to 300 people have left from the Wadi Saeedna airstrip so far.
It took Harman and Sikorsky 24 hours to arrive at Taro and, after short rest, he continued for another 125 miles to a jungle airstrip.
I’ve scored the co-pilot seat in the 13-seater Caravan aircraft, a slightly terrifying privilege, and I’m tempted to squeeze my eyes shut as we set up to land on the short grass airstrip bisecting the island.
NBC newsman Don Harris, left, and San Francisco Examiner photographer Gregory Robinson, right, are shown in film taken by NBC-TV cameraman Robert Brown, minutes before shooting erupted at an airstrip at Port Kaituma, Guyana.
Tarig Babikir and Dr Ehab Al-Moubarak are trying to make their way to the Wadi Saeedna airstrip.
The air strip was named after Pfc. Raphael Young, a member of the 618th who died in September 1984 while training on heavy equipment in advance of the mission to build the airstrip.
These are Rizal Reef, Patag Island, Melchora Aquino Cay or Panata Island, Kota Island, Lawak Island, Parola Island, Ayungin Shoal, Pag-asa Island (the largest and with the only Philippine airstrip in the Spratlys), and Likas Island.
The trailer ends with the hero and the villain fighting shirtless on an airstrip.
According to Oyedepo, the airstrip will allow members to travel directly to the church’s premises without first reaching a major airport.
Against this backdrop, he emphasised that the enhanced connectivity that will come from this airstrip will open up more opportunities for the communities in Region Seven.
A harbor was nearing completion, and workers were also constructing a terminal building at the airstrip.
A small airstrip was rarely used except in medical emergencies.
I can leave from here to wherever I am going,” he added, expressing his excitement about the convenience the airstrip will bring.
INS Jatayu will be commissioned days after Prime Ministers and Pravind Jugnauth of Mauritius jointly inaugurated an airstrip and a jetty that India has built on the Mauritian island of Agal├йga off the coast of Africa in the western Indian Ocean.
It includes the ₱1.73-billion (about USD 24 million) rehabilitation of the 2.8-kilometer Basa Air Base airstrip, the biggest Edca project in the Philippines so far.
Nearly twenty years after being inoperative, Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has announced plans by the state government to upgrade the Adogo airstrip to an international cargo airport.
The couple were flying from an airstrip near Townsville to Palmyra on the morning of October 28, a trip they had completed regularly.
Common combinations with airstrip
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the airstrip 18×
- an airstrip 15×
- airstrip in 7×
- airstrip was 6×
- airstrip at 5×
- airstrip to 4×
- airstrip will 3×
- airstrip and 3×
- airstrip which 3×
- airstrip that 2×