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airpark

airpark

1 4.3
An area at an airport where planes are parked and repaired
  • noun
  • /ˈɛrˌpɑrk/
  • Specialized
: zona de estacionamiento de aeronaves
  • The airpark offers facilities to service and store various types of aircraft safely.

Examples

  • Security checks are performed regularly throughout the airpark to ensure safety.

  • The new airpark can accommodate up to fifty small planes at once.

  • After landing, the pilot taxied the aircraft to the airpark for maintenance.

  • The new airpark opened last month.

  • Many planes are parked at the airpark.

  • The maintenance crew is working at the airpark to ensure the aircraft are ready for their next flights.

  • At the airpark, pilots can park their planes and have access to fueling services.

Surface Forms

airpark singular
airparks plural

Morphology

airpark = air + park (transparent) = air + park

Clearly a compound denoting an area for parking, storing, or servicing aircraft; learners can infer the meaning from the parts.

Etymology

Airpark is made from the words air ('planes') and park ('a place to leave vehicles', like a car park). So an airpark is the area at an airport where aircraft are parked, stored, and serviced.