airstrip

English

Etymology

From air +‎ strip

Noun

airstrip (plural airstrips)

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.

Translations

primitive aircraft landing field

Finnish: lentopaikka (fi); korpikenttä (fi) (informal)
Indonesian: bandar udara perintis
Irish: aerstiall f
Italian: pista di atterraggio f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: flystripe m or f

Nynorsk: flystripe f

Polish: pas startowy (pl) m
Portuguese: pista de pouso f
Spanish: pista de aterrizaje f
Swedish: landningsbana (sv) c, flygplats (sv) c, flygfält (sv) n

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