airstrip

• Nom désignant une petite piste, souvent sommaire, destinée au décollage et à l'atterrissage des avions, qui ne dispose généralement pas des équipements standard d'un aéroport.

A noun referring to a small, often basic airfield that lacks the standard facilities of a regular airport.

1. Basic landing areaB1formal

   A simple, often unpaved, runway for aircraft takeoff and landing, lacking the full facilities of a standard airport.

   piste d'atterrissage sommaire

   • The pilot landed the small plane on a remote airstrip in the jungle.
   • The island has only a short airstrip for light aircraft.
   • They built a temporary airstrip to deliver emergency supplies.

   Synonymesairfieldlanding striprunwaystrip