noun

airport

EH-uh-pawt

noun

A facility with runways and terminals where aircraft take off, land, and where passengers and cargo are handled.

"We arrived at the airport three hours before our flight."

"The new airport terminal can handle twice as many travelers as the old one."

How to Use Airport

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishThe place where planes land and take off, and where passengers check in, go through security, and board.

Common pairings

drop someone off at the airport airport security a connecting flight through the airport

airports plural

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We arrived at the _____ three hours before our flight.

From air + port, extending the older sense of "port" as a place where travelers and goods arrive and depart, originally by sea.