landing field

noun

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: a field where aircraft may land and take off

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This dimension of the work was heightened by its site, a former helicopter landing field on an old NATO base, given over to the Autostrada Biennale in 2014 as part of a process of demilitarization in the aftermath of the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s and Kosovo’s declaration of independence in 2008. — Joanna Warsza, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025 The teens were evaluated by medical personnel at a landing field before they were released, rescuers said. — Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2025 But thanks to Andrew Cuomo’s time as governor, the once awful Third World landing field in Queens now matches Fiorello the man in superlatives. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2025 Across the street from the resort was the Chicagoland Airport, once a satellite landing field during World War II for Glenview Naval Air Station. — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for landing field

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First Known Use

circa 1920, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of landing field was circa 1920

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landing field

noun
: a field where aircraft may land and take off

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