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jetport

jetport

1 3.8
An airport that handles jet planes
  • noun
  • /ˈdʒɛtˌpɔrt/
  • US
translation icon : aeropuerto
  • The jetport was specially built to accommodate larger aircraft and international flights.
  • Portland International Jetport

Examples

  • He hadn't actually seen Ghia again until they'd met at the big Lihue jetport after separate flights from the mainland.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • "God, she looks like Madonna," Jim nudged to me last night as she came off the ramp into the Portland Jetport.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • A Topsham woman says the TSA needs more training to deal with people with medical conditions after going through what she describes as a 'humiliating' screening at the Portland JetPort last week.

    Blog text (7)
  • TOPSHAM, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- A Topsham woman says the TSA needs more training to deal with people with medical conditions after going through what she describes as a 'humiliating' screening at the Portland JetPort last week.

    Blog text (7)
  • Travelers can easily catch flights to various destinations from the busy jetport in Portland.

  • After checking in, we headed to the terminal at the local jetport to wait for our boarding call.

Synonyms

airport
vsjetport
1.0

A place where planes take off and land and people get on and off them

is built to handle higher speed aircraft rather than all aircraft types
drome
vsjetport
  • UK
1 9.9

A place like a small airport with a control tower, hangars, and areas for passengers and cargo

is built to handle higher speed aircraft rather than general airfield use

How Big

airport
1.0
jetport
  • US
1 3.8
airstrip
39 3.5

Surface Forms

jetport singular
jetports plural

Morphology

jetport = jet + port (transparent) = jet + port

The word is a straightforward compound of 'jet' and 'port', clearly indicating a port for jets.

Etymology

The word jetport is made from jet and port, and port means 'harbor', as in seaport or airport. So a jetport is an airport made for jet planes.