How to Use taxiway in a Sentence

taxiway

noun
  • That’s barely taller than the four planes that were on the taxiway.
    — Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Airport taxiways are paths for planes to get to and from runways.
    — Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Airport taxiways are paths for planes to get to and from runways.
    — Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 2 July 2024
  • News reports showed dozens of people lined up against a wall near a taxiway.
    — NBC News, 29 Oct. 2021
  • The tails of some jets on the taxiway extended dozens of feet above the ground.
    — Andy Pasztor, WSJ, 2 Aug. 2017
  • The pilot announced that there was a lengthy line of planes on the taxiway ahead of us.
    — Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 7 May 2022
  • But crews continue to plow a runway and taxiways to keep them clear.
    — Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The plane sat on the taxiway as law enforcement arrived on the scene.
    — Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 24 Jan. 2024
  • They were then shuttled off the taxiway and back to the terminal.
    — Charna Flam, People.com, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Airport staff said the plane landed and was on the taxiway when the cabin filled with smoke.
    — Detroit Free Press, 8 May 2018
  • The money will go toward projects such as building new taxiways.
    — David Ingram, NBC News, 19 June 2023
  • Airport response crews will be moving the aircraft off of the ramp taxiway.
    — Alexandra Koch, Fox News, 5 Feb. 2025
  • The airport could then connect the land north of the tracks to its main campus by building taxiways over the tracks.
    — Melissa Yeager, azcentral, 7 Jan. 2019
  • But the taxiways are another matter now.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The plane parked on a taxiway and the pilots requested to be towed to the terminal.
    — Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
  • They were deplaned on the taxiway and transferred by bus back to the airport terminal.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Witnesses said the car entered the taxiway and nearly struck a plane that was taxiing.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The taxiway runs parallel to the runway and is not designed for takeoffs.
    — Charna Flam, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Since then, the airport has buttressed its ground radar system and shut down a confusing taxiway.
    — Fox News, 2 May 2018
  • And with the limited space available at the airport, aircraft large and small must share the taxiway.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
  • While some people yelled at the driver to stop, others on the taxiway cursed in shock as the car passed multiple planes.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025
  • The second taxiway is needed before the airport can expand to the area north of the runway.
    — Phil Diehl, sandiegouniontribune.com, 12 Sep. 2017
  • Passengers were deplaned on the taxiway and bussed to a terminal.
    — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Passengers deplaned on the taxiway and were bused to the terminal.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The aircraft was moving backwards away from a gate onto the taxiway for the departure.
    — Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The plane stopped on the taxiway, and the 165 people on board were loaded onto buses.
    — Fox News, 28 Aug. 2018
  • That area includes the Queens airport’s runways, taxiways and service roads.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2024
  • The Air Canada pilots mistook the taxiway for the runway next to it.
    — CBS News, 11 Jan. 2018
  • Along with taxiway, the total area doused in flammable liquid was the equivalent of nearly nine football fields.
    — Kevin Spear, orlandosentinel.com, 3 July 2019
  • Passage under the bridges gives pilots a new route to gates; all told, the renovation has added about two miles of taxiway.
    — Curbed, 5 Dec. 2022

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