airstrip

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/ˈɛə(ɹ)stɹɪp/

noun

An aircraft landing field, usually with one runway and only basic facilities.

“The outfitter deposited us at a small airstrip out in the bush, promising to pick us up again in a week's time.”

Similar
flight striplanding stripstrip
OriginEnglish strip ← Middle English aire ← Old French air →
Less commonScrabble 10
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Meanings

nounairstrip (plural airstrips)

plural airstrips

  1. An aircraft landing field, usually with one runway and only basic facilities.

    The outfitter deposited us at a small airstrip out in the bush, promising to pick us up again in a week's time.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan airfield without normal airport facilities

Similar
flight striplanding stripstrip
Broader
airfieldlanding fieldflying field
Also see
landing striprunwaystrip

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latināēr
  2. Old Frenchair
  3. Middle Englishaire
  4. Englishair
  5. Englishstrip
  6. Englishairstrip

From air + strip.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 飛機跑道 /飞机跑道, 簡便機場 /简便机场
  • 飛機跑道 /飞机跑道 (fēijī pǎodào)primitive aircraft landing field
  • 簡便機場 /简便机场 (jiǎnbiàn jīchǎng)primitive aircraft landing field
Danish landingsbane
  • landingsbaneprimitive aircraft landing field
Finnish lentopaikka, korpikenttä
  • lentopaikkaprimitive aircraft landing field
  • korpikenttäprimitive aircraft landing field
French piste d’atterrissage
  • piste d’atterrissageprimitive aircraft landing field
German Landepiste
  • Landepisteprimitive aircraft landing field
Hungarian futópálya
  • futópályaprimitive aircraft landing field
Indonesian bandar udara perintis, landasan udara
  • bandar udara perintisprimitive aircraft landing field
  • landasan udaraprimitive aircraft landing field
Irish aerstiall
  • aerstiallprimitive aircraft landing field
Italian pista di atterraggio
  • pista di atterraggioprimitive aircraft landing field
Latin aeroportello
  • aeroportelloprimitive aircraft landing field
Norwegian Bokmål flystripe
  • flystripeprimitive aircraft landing field
Polish pas startowy, droga startowa
  • pas startowyprimitive aircraft landing field
  • droga startowaprimitive aircraft landing field
Portuguese pista de pouso
  • pista de pousoprimitive aircraft landing field
Spanish pista de aterrizaje
  • pista de aterrizajeprimitive aircraft landing field
Swedish landningsbana, flygplats
  • landningsbanaprimitive aircraft landing field
  • flygplatsprimitive aircraft landing field
  • flygfältprimitive aircraft landing field
Welsh llain lanio, glanfa
  • llain lanioprimitive aircraft landing field
  • glanfaprimitive aircraft landing field
Cite this entry
APA

airstrip. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/airstrip

MLA

“airstrip.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/airstrip. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “airstrip,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/airstrip.

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