airport

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The Atlanta airport is a modern airport, and they should leave the gate there.

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  1. noun A tract of leveled land where aircraft can take off and land, usually equipped with hard-surfaced landing strips, a control tower, hangars, aircraft maintenance and refueling facilities, and accommodations for passengers and cargo.
  2. noun Such an installation in which the landing area is on water.

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  • The Atlanta airport is a modern airport, and they should leave the gate there. —  Anna Deavere Smith's American character
  • WASHINGTON COUNTY - Speaking at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Hagerstown Regional Airport's new commuter service to Baltimore, U.S. Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, D-Maryland, said her support for the airport was all about creating jobs, but getting there provided plenty of work for her, as well. —  The Herald-Mail Online
  • Also scheduled this year for the airport is a new line striping machine at $10,000, purchased with general fund dollars. —  McCook Daily Gazette Headlines
  • Crowd estimate at the airport was at least a thousand. —  MindaNews Feeds
  • Brasil: No doubt the coupla hundred cops that work at the airport were all out issuing parking tickets. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
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