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air strip

An unimproved surface which has been adapted for takeoff or landing of aircraft, usually having minimum facilities. See also airfield.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
Translations
bande d’atterrissage
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60 billion tenge of the state budget will be allocated for construction of a new air strip of Kazakhstan's airport in Nur-Sultan, Atameken Business reported.
The Minister said a team from the Ministry of Aviation was in the region to carry out tests on the tarmac at the Wa Air strip to ensure that international aviation standards are put in place before commercial flights would begin.
One of his favorite tales involved a time he ran out of fuel in his Luscombe airplane, no instrumentation to assist landing in the dark at a small air strip in the Chain o' Lakes region.
Palestinian hijackers freed all 172 passengers and crew of a Lufthansa jet after landing at an air strip in Yemen.
He said a 1200 metre-long air strip at the new Gwadar International Airport would be completed in one year, allowing landing of larger aircraft including A-380.
He said a 1200 meter-long air strip at the new Gwadar International Airport would be completed in one year, allowing landing of larger aircraft including A-380.
He said a 12-kilometre-long air strip at the new Gwadar International Airport would be completed in one year, allowing landing of larger aircraft including A-380.
Summary: The Assumption Island is leased to India for the operation of a naval base and air strip by the Indian navy
The test ground will be equipped with an air strip, landing pads and a workshop with tool and machines where engineers can, modify, customise and repair UAVs where needed.
He was aware of incidents of "lamping" in the area of the relief air strip at Mona and had issued guidance to pilots.
Cardiff Airport in the 1950s, showing the wartime dispersals alongside the northern taxi-way and the white dots |marking the edges of the grass air strip