Meanings
nounairfield (plural airfields)
plural airfields
- aeronauticsAn open field designated for the taking off and landing of aircraft, but which, unlike an airport, does not necessarily have terminals or paved runways.
Taiwanese war planes are parked on a highway during an annual exercise to simulate a response to a Chinese attack on Taiwan's airfields in Changhua in southern Taiwan.
2020 July 14, Frida Ghitis, “Can Taiwan survive a second Trump term?”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 16 Jul 20201 more example
The US Air Force plans to bring the Pacific island airfield that launched the atomic bombings of Japan back into commission as it tries to broaden its basing options in the event of any hostilities with China, the service’s top officer in the Pacific says.
2023 December 22, Brad Lendon, “US Air Force to reclaim Pacific airfield that launched atomic bombings as it looks to counter China”, in CNN, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2026Synonyms: aerodrome, airdrome, landing field
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn open field designated for the taking off and landing of aircraft, but which, unlike an airport, does not necessarily have terminals or paved runways.
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nouna place where planes take off and land
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Origin
Translations
Afrikaans vliegveld
- vliegveldplace where airplanes can take off and land
Arabic مَهْبِط, مَدْرَج
- مَهْبِط (mahbiṭ)place where airplanes can take off and land
- مَدْرَج (madraj)place where airplanes can take off and land
Basque aerodromo
- aerodromoplace where airplanes can take off and land
Bulgarian аеродру́м, лети́ще
- аеродру́м (aerodrúm)place where airplanes can take off and land
- лети́ще (letíšte)place where airplanes can take off and land
Catalan aeròdrom
- aeròdromplace where airplanes can take off and land
Chinese Mandarin 飛機場 /飞机场, 機場 /机场
- 飛機場 /飞机场 (fēijīchǎng)place where airplanes can take off and land
- 機場 /机场 (jīchǎng)place where airplanes can take off and land
Czech letiště
- letištěplace where airplanes can take off and land
Danish landingsplads, flyveplads
- landingspladsplace where airplanes can take off and land
- flyvepladsplace where airplanes can take off and land
Dutch vliegveld
- vliegveldplace where airplanes can take off and land
Estonian lennuväli
- lennuväliplace where airplanes can take off and land
Finnish lentokenttä
- lentokenttäplace where airplanes can take off and land
French aérodrome
- aérodromeplace where airplanes can take off and land
German Flugplatz
- Flugplatzplace where airplanes can take off and land
Greek αεροδρόμιο
- αεροδρόμιο (aerodrómio)place where airplanes can take off and land
Hindi हवाई मैदान
- हवाई मैदान (havāī maidān)place where airplanes can take off and land
Icelandic flugvöllur
- flugvöllurplace where airplanes can take off and land
Indonesian lapangan terbang
- lapangan terbangplace where airplanes can take off and land
Irish aerpháirc
- aerpháircplace where airplanes can take off and land
Italian aerodromo
- aerodromoplace where airplanes can take off and land
Japanese 飛行場
- 飛行場 (hikōjō)place where airplanes can take off and land
Korean 비행장
- 비행장 (bihaengjang)place where airplanes can take off and land
Latvian aerodroms
- aerodromsplace where airplanes can take off and land
Lithuanian aerodromas
- aerodromasplace where airplanes can take off and land
Malay padang terbang, lapangan terbang
- padang terbangplace where airplanes can take off and land
- lapangan terbangplace where airplanes can take off and land
Norwegian Bokmål landingsstripe, flyplass
- landingsstripeplace where airplanes can take off and land
- flyplassplace where airplanes can take off and land
Polish lądowisko, lotnisko
- lądowiskoplace where airplanes can take off and land
- lotniskoplace where airplanes can take off and land
- aerodromplace where airplanes can take off and land
Portuguese aeródromo
- aeródromoplace where airplanes can take off and land
Romanian aerodrom
- aerodromplace where airplanes can take off and land
Russian аэродро́м
- аэродро́м (aerodróm)place where airplanes can take off and land
Slovak letisko
- letiskoplace where airplanes can take off and land
Spanish aeródromo, aeroparque
- aeródromoplace where airplanes can take off and land
- aeroparqueplace where airplanes can take off and land
- campo de aviaciónplace where airplanes can take off and land
Swedish flygfält, flygplats
- flygfältplace where airplanes can take off and land
- flygplatsplace where airplanes can take off and land
Turkish aerodrom
- aerodromplace where airplanes can take off and land
Ukrainian аеродро́м, лето́вище
- аеродро́м (aerodróm)place where airplanes can take off and land
- лето́вище (letóvyšče)place where airplanes can take off and land
Urdu ہَوائی مَیدان, طَیران گاہ
- ہَوائی مَیدان (havāī maidān)place where airplanes can take off and land
- طَیران گاہ (tairān gāh)place where airplanes can take off and land
- فِضائی مُسْتَقَر (fizāī mustaqar)place where airplanes can take off and land
Vietnamese sân bay, trường bay
- sân bayplace where airplanes can take off and land
- trường bayplace where airplanes can take off and land
Yiddish אַעראָדראָם, לופֿטפֿעלד
- אַעראָדראָם (aerodrom)place where airplanes can take off and land
- לופֿטפֿעלד (luftfeld)place where airplanes can take off and land
- פֿליפֿעלד (flifeld)place where airplanes can take off and land
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APA
airfield. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/airfield
MLA
“airfield.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/airfield. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “airfield,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/airfield.
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