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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

/ ˈɛəˌɔː /

noun

  1. a landing and taking-off area for civil aircraft, usually with surfaced runways and aircraft maintenance and passenger facilities
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51Թ 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
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Los Angeles International Airport fell from a global ranking of the world’s busiest airports following a drop in domestic travel and ongoing struggles to rebound from the pandemic.

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"I explained I'd been up since 04:30, had two hours' sleep, and wrangled four kids through the airport. I've got bags under my eyes and I'm dealing with anxiety," he said on social media.

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Millions of people could face disruption to their Easter weekend travel plans due to rail engineering works, an airport strike and heavy traffic.

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More than a decade later, Osment sparked a police response in 2018 for allegedly making verbal threats to American Airlines staff in the Las Vegas airport after missing his flight.

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Forgetting to declare a bag of frog embryos to customs agents at the airport, work materials for her research at Harvard University.

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