Meanings
airport1
nounairport (plural airports)
plural airports
- An airfield (an area designated for the takeoff and landing of aircraft), including one or more runways and (for commercial airports) one or more passenger terminals.
Near-synonyms: airfield, aerodrome, airdrome
4 more examples
She met Sam and the others at the airport at 7:00 am.
In the Indianapolis airport, for example, travelers spend an average of 94 minutes in the terminal and presecurity areas before boarding their flights.
1999, Marc J. Dollinger, Entrepreneurship: strategies and resourcesBecause of this, and contrary to popular belief, British airports primarily act as giant wealth extractors, transporting our richest citizens out of the country as often as possible to take their money overseas.
23 June 2018, “Heathrow expansion to mainly benefit wealthy frequent fliers, research finds”, in The IndependentWith more people than ever flying, cities around the world are building new airports and upgrading old terminals to create facilities capable of handling tens of millions of passengers. […] The world’s favorite airport and Asian mega-hub, Singapore Changi, is eagerly working towards opening its new Jewel and Terminal 5.
2018 December 6, Matt Falcus, “16 new airports and terminals we can’t wait to fly into”, in CNN, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2025
Airport2
proper noun
- A barangay of the district of Mandurriao, Iloilo City, Iloilo, Philippines.
- A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn airfield (an area designated for the takeoff and landing of aircraft), including one or more runways and (for commercial airports) one or more passenger terminals.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans lughawe
- lughaweplace designated for airplanes
Arabic مَطَار
- مَطَار (maṭār)place designated for airplanes
Basque aireportu
- aireportuplace designated for airplanes
Bengali বিমানবন্দর
- বিমানবন্দর (bimanbondor)place designated for airplanes
Bulgarian лети́ще, аерога́ра
- лети́ще (letíšte)place designated for airplanes
- аерога́ра (aerogára)place designated for airplanes
- аеродру́м (aerodrúm)place designated for airplanes
Catalan aeroport
- aeroportplace designated for airplanes
Chinese Cantonese 機場 /机场, 飛機場 /飞机场
- 機場 /机场 (gei¹ coeng⁴)place designated for airplanes
- 飛機場 /飞机场 (fei¹ gei¹ coeng⁴)place designated for airplanes
- 航空站 (hong⁴ hung¹ zaam⁶)place designated for airplanes
Chinese Mandarin 機場 /机场, 飛機場 /飞机场
- 機場 /机场 (jīchǎng)place designated for airplanes
- 飛機場 /飞机场 (fēijīchǎng)place designated for airplanes
- 航空站 (hángkōngzhàn)place designated for airplanes
Czech letiště
- letištěplace designated for airplanes
Danish lufthavn
- lufthavnplace designated for airplanes
Dutch luchthaven, vlieghaven
- luchthavenplace designated for airplanes
- vlieghavenplace designated for airplanes
Esperanto flughaveno, aerodromo
- flughavenoplace designated for airplanes
- aerodromoplace designated for airplanes
- aerohavenoplace designated for airplanes
Estonian lennujaam
- lennujaamplace designated for airplanes
Finnish lentoasema, lentokenttä
- lentoasemaplace designated for airplanes
- lentokenttäplace designated for airplanes
French aéroport
- aéroportplace designated for airplanes
German Flughafen, Flugplatz
- Flughafenplace designated for airplanes
- Flugplatzplace designated for airplanes
- Lufthafenplace designated for airplanes
Greek αεροδρόμιο, αερολιμένας
- αεροδρόμιο (aerodrómio)place designated for airplanes
- αερολιμένας (aeroliménas)place designated for airplanes
Hawaiian kahua mokulele
- kahua mokuleleplace designated for airplanes
Hebrew נְמַל תְּעוּפָה
- נְמַל תְּעוּפָה (n'mál t'ufá)place designated for airplanes
Hindi विमानक्षेत्र, विमानतल
- विमानक्षेत्र (vimānakṣetra)place designated for airplanes
- विमानतल (vimāntal)place designated for airplanes
- हवाई अड्डा (havāī aḍḍā)place designated for airplanes
- विमान-पत्तन (vimān-pattan)place designated for airplanes
- विमानबंदर (vimānbandar)place designated for airplanes
- विमानस्थल (vimānasthal)place designated for airplanes
- विमानाश्रय (vimānāśray)place designated for airplanes
Hungarian repülőtér, reptér
- repülőtérplace designated for airplanes
- reptérplace designated for airplanes
Icelandic flugvöllur, flughöfn
- flugvöllurplace designated for airplanes
- flughöfnplace designated for airplanes
- flugstöðplace designated for airplanes
Indonesian bandar udara, pelabuhan udara
- bandar udaraplace designated for airplanes
- pelabuhan udaraplace designated for airplanes
- bandaraplace designated for airplanes
Irish aerfort
- aerfortplace designated for airplanes
Italian aeroporto, aerodromo
- aeroportoplace designated for airplanes
- aerodromoplace designated for airplanes
Japanese 空港, エアポート
- 空港 (kūkō)place designated for airplanes
- エアポート (eapōto)place designated for airplanes
Korean 공항, 비행장
- 공항 (gonghang)place designated for airplanes
- 비행장 (bihaengjang)place designated for airplanes
- 항공역 (hanggong'yeok)place designated for airplanes
Latin āëriportus
- āëriportusplace designated for airplanes
Latvian lidosta
- lidostaplace designated for airplanes
Lithuanian oro uostas
- oro uostasplace designated for airplanes
Malay lapangan terbang
- lapangan terbangplace designated for airplanes
Māori taunga rererangi
- taunga rererangiplace designated for airplanes
Norwegian Bokmål flyplass, lufthavn
- flyplassplace designated for airplanes
- lufthavnplace designated for airplanes
Polish lotnisko, port lotniczy
- lotniskoplace designated for airplanes
- port lotniczyplace designated for airplanes
- aerodromplace designated for airplanes
- aeroportplace designated for airplanes
Portuguese aeroporto
- aeroportoplace designated for airplanes
Romanian aeroport
- aeroportplace designated for airplanes
Russian аэропо́рт, аэродро́м
- аэропо́рт (aeropórt)place designated for airplanes
- аэродро́м (aerodróm)place designated for airplanes
- аэровокза́л (aerovokzál)place designated for airplanes
Scottish Gaelic port-adhair
- port-adhairplace designated for airplanes
Slovak letisko
- letiskoplace designated for airplanes
Spanish aeropuerto
- aeropuertoplace designated for airplanes
Swahili uwanja wa ndege
- uwanja wa ndegeplace designated for airplanes
Swedish flygplats, flygfält
- flygplatsplace designated for airplanes
- flygfältplace designated for airplanes
- lufthamnplace designated for airplanes
Tagalog paliparan
- paliparanplace designated for airplanes
Tamil வானூர்தி நிலையம், விமான நிலையம்
- வானூர்தி நிலையம் (vāṉūrti nilaiyam)place designated for airplanes
- விமான நிலையம் (vimāṉa nilaiyam)place designated for airplanes
Thai ท่าอากาศยาน, สนามบิน
- ท่าอากาศยาน (tâa-aa-gàat-sà-yaan)place designated for airplanes
- สนามบิน (sà-nǎam-bin)place designated for airplanes
Turkish havalimanı, havaalanı
- havalimanıplace designated for airplanes
- havaalanıplace designated for airplanes
Ukrainian аеропо́рт, лето́вище
- аеропо́рт (aeropórt)place designated for airplanes
- лето́вище (letóvyšče)place designated for airplanes
Urdu ہَوائی اَڈّا, ہَوائی اَڈَّہ
- ہَوائی اَڈّا (havāī aḍḍā)place designated for airplanes
- ہَوائی اَڈَّہ (havāī aḍḍa)place designated for airplanes
- ہَوائی مُسْتَقَر (havāī mustaqar)place designated for airplanes
- مَطار (matār)place designated for airplanes
- فَرُود گاہ (farūd gāh)place designated for airplanes
- طَیران گاہ (tairān gāh)place designated for airplanes
- وِمانْتَل (vimāntal)place designated for airplanes
- فَضائی مُسْتَقَر (fazāī mustaqar)place designated for airplanes
- طَیّارَہ گاہ (taiyāra gāh)place designated for airplanes
- ہَوائی بَنْدَرْگاہ (havāī bandargāh)place designated for airplanes
Vietnamese sân bay, phi trường
- sân bayplace designated for airplanes
- phi trườngplace designated for airplanes
- cảng hàng khôngplace designated for airplanes
- phi cảngplace designated for airplanes
Welsh maes awyr
- maes awyrplace designated for airplanes
Yiddish אַעראָפּאָרט, פֿליפֿעלד
- אַעראָפּאָרט (aeroport)place designated for airplanes
- פֿליפֿעלד (flifeld)place designated for airplanes
Zulu inkundla yezindiza
- inkundla yezindizaplace designated for airplanes
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with airport
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APA
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MLA
“airport.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/airport. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “airport,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/airport.
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