landing strip
nounDefinition of landing strip
: airstrip
Examples of landing strip in a Sentence
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Five landing strips have been constructed and are in use in France, the air forces announced. — Wes Gallagher, Houston Chronicle, "U.S. TROOPS CAPTURE MONTEBOURG," 9 June 2019 In addition to the 26,700 square-foot house, there is an airplane hangar and landing strip. — Leena Kim, Town & Country, "Everything We Know About Jeffrey Epstein's Vast Real Estate Portfolio," 18 July 2019 In a crosswind landing, strong wind is hitting an aircraft at a perpendicular angle to the direction of the landing strip. — Sophie Weiner, Popular Mechanics, "This Crosswind Jet Takeoff Is Terrifying," 2 Sep. 2016 Built in 1963, the 43-acre airport has a 2,712-foot landing strip, one taxiway, 35 hangars and 72 plane tie-downs. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Oceanside gets grant to resurface runway, taxiway at city airport," 22 July 2019 Maverick still has his bomber jacket, sunglasses and motorcycle, and the trailer contains a cool throwback scene with a grinning Maverick zooming across a landing strip on his bike. — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, "Tom Cruise surprises Comic-Con crowd with epic first 'Top Gun: Maverick' trailer," 18 July 2019 It got stuck in the grassy area off the landing strip. — CBS News, "Plane skids off runway at Newark International Airport; planes temporarily suspended," 15 June 2019 More than half of the population speaks Gaelic, the nearest airport features the world’s only cockleshell beach landing strip, and the 15th-century Kisimul Castle was sold to the state in 2001 for ÂŁ1 a year and a bottle of whisky. — John Detrixhe, Quartz, "Scotland is on the front line in the fight against “cash deserts”," 31 May 2019 Whether the shorter-than-average landing strips end with an abrupt drop-off or mountainous terrain makes for a twisting flight path, getting to and from these airports takes some serious know-how. — Amanda Greene, Woman's Day, "10 Terrifying Airport Runways," 27 Apr. 2011These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'landing strip.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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