runway
137
3.4
- noun
- /ˈrʌnˌweɪ/
:
pista de aterrizaje
- I need a landing clearance for runway 30... 30 something.
- airport runway
And he dumps them on a runway at an airport in Colombia.
- And he dumps them on a runway at an airport in Colombia.
- And I'm coming in on the tarmac of the the runway.
- It's not like a quadcopter drone situation where it can hover, It needs a runway, it needs some speed.
- It's a volcanic island with a big American presence on their big runway.
- It has to build up so much speed on that tarmac, on that runway so that it can begin to get lift off.
- It was an hour from firing them to touching down on the runway.
- It goes on a runway, it gathers speed, it has lift, and then it takes off.
- It's just so remote and you know, you land the plane on just this ice runway and it's so sketchy.
- So you're pitched down, but the plane is just going so slow that you're not going to make it to the runway.
- And we did five flaps up and down the ice runway for hands down.
Examples
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Then a third plane, C CUP, roars down the runway and takes off.
Fiction book (1990) -
A first solo consists of taking off, flying around to the beginning of the runway again, and landing.
Fiction book (1994) -
And then we're going to take off on runway one left, probably.
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So if you look at this runway, look at this runway here, this is the runway the plane is landing on.
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The big plane turned to face the runway, rolling to a stop.
Fiction book (1994) -
I walked along the runway, feeling the heat from the desert, and watching the sky.
Fiction book (1992) -
The engines wind down, and the plane taxis off the runway, back toward the terminal.
Fiction book (1994) -
The 747 leaves the runway and climbs into a dark and threatening sky.
Fiction book (1992) -
Flight 175 carrying 65 souls on board, lifts off from the Boston runway.
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The aircraft safely landed on the runway after a long flight.
Synonyms
98
3.6
A flat area where planes take off and land
55
7.4
A simple airfield with few or no airport facilities
39
3.5
A short area of ground where small planes land and take off
8
3.5
A short, simple runway where small planes land and take off
A simple place where planes land without airport buildings for emergencies or military landings
How Long
137
3.4
39
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word runway is simply run + way, a 'way to run', and so for planes it means the long, level path they 'run' along to take off and land.