Taxiway is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Taxiway meaning
A road or path within an airport designated for the taxiing of aircraft connecting the runways with ramps, hangars, terminals and other facilities.
Synonyms of Taxiway
Using Taxiway
- The main meaning on this page is: A road or path within an airport designated for the taxiing of aircraft connecting the runways with ramps, hangars, terminals and other facilities.
- Useful related words include: taxi strip, paved surface.
- In the example corpus, taxiway often appears in combinations such as: the taxiway, taxiway and, new taxiway.
Context around Taxiway
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 12 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Taxiway
- In this selection, "taxiway" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, new, active, half, installing, project and bravo stand out and add context to how "taxiway" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a new taxiway and airport s taxiway b and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "taxiway" sits close to words such as abdollahian, abergavenny and abounded, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with taxiway
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The $373,000 improvements included a new taxiway. (8 words)
Runway lighting is standardized and distinct, and looks nothing like taxiway lighting. (12 words)
They need to decide a start time based on when the taxiway is paved. (14 words)
The tanker crew had been directed to use a taxiway which was not usable for night operations and the controller failed to note that they reported "holding short" of that taxiway, rather than "clear of" that point. (37 words)
The work will include new runway lights to improve safety and save power, about £1 million of upgrades replacing surfaces on the apron and taxiway, upgrades to the drainage system and other general maintenance on the runway. (37 words)
The grant will pay for 90% of a project to add two new gates in the terminal and 90% of the design work to reconstruct Taxiway B. XNA is responsible for the remainder of the costs. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Also, the building is situated too close to the airport’s taxiway B and prohibits any parking or access to the structure without causing wing tip issues to the active taxiway.
The old half-taxiway has become a full parallel taxiway, and the new runway has been moved about 1,000 feet away from Highway 10 for safety reasons.
The project includes grinding off the old asphalt, repaving the taxiway, re-striping the new taxiway, installing lighting and guidance signage as required, and repairing pavement cracks.
The tanker crew had been directed to use a taxiway which was not usable for night operations and the controller failed to note that they reported "holding short" of that taxiway, rather than "clear of" that point.
Any future developments will have to take place on the western side, and the taxiway project would allow the airport to move in that direction according to the proposal.
A private Learjet made a wrong turn onto a taxiway after landing and came too close to the Delta plane.
Dignitaries from various levels of government as well as community members gathered Friday to celebrate the completion of Johnson County Executive Airport’s rebuilt Taxiway Bravo, completely paid for through federal funding.
Some work is necessary at the airport to comply with current standards, such as enhancements to taxiway areas that accommodate aircraft landing and taking off, Thornton said.
The $373,000 improvements included a new taxiway.
They need to decide a start time based on when the taxiway is paved.
Every federal official they met with told them that the FAA will not accept an ALP that does not widen the taxiway/runway separation to full compliance with Airport Design Group III — 400 feet.
Other enabling construction projects to accommodate the new taxiway include utility relocation and modifications to existing airport facilities, mostly those used by the Facilities and Services Division.
The two ballot measures trace back to community debate over the county’s plan to increase the runway/taxiway centerline separation to 400 from 320 feet.
The work will include new runway lights to improve safety and save power, about £1 million of upgrades replacing surfaces on the apron and taxiway, upgrades to the drainage system and other general maintenance on the runway.
On April 3rd, Ford’s attorney, Steven Hofer, President of Aerlex Law Group, released a statement that the FAA was not going to sanction Ford for the taxiway landing.
The grant will pay for 90% of a project to add two new gates in the terminal and 90% of the design work to reconstruct Taxiway B. XNA is responsible for the remainder of the costs.
Water is sprayed on a taxiway at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam during extreme heat.
Details are emerging about what could have been a serious incident at San Francisco International Airport last Friday night when an Air Canada plane from Toronto nearly landed on the taxiway.
In July, another Air Canada jet nearly landed on a taxiway where four planes were waiting before takeoff.
Runway lighting is standardized and distinct, and looks nothing like taxiway lighting.
Common combinations with taxiway
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the taxiway 8×
- taxiway and 5×
- new taxiway 4×
- on taxiway 4×
- parallel taxiway 3×
- taxiway at 3×
- and taxiway 2×