busy airport

collocation in English

meaningsofbusyandairport

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busy
adjective
uk
/ˈbɪz.i/
us
/ˈbɪz.i/
If you are busy, you are working hard, or giving your attention to a ...
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airport
noun[C]
uk
/ˈeə.pɔːt/
us
/ˈer.pɔːrt/
a place where aircraft regularly take off and land, with buildings for passengers to ...
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(Definition ofbusyandairportfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Every two hours at abusyairportthere is a half an hour fatigue period for air traffic controllers.
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It is abusyairportand long may it continue so.
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If his constituents are sometimes perturbed by the noise which is inseparable from the operation of abusyairport, so are mine.
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They have fought long and hard against abusyairportthere.
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The construction of massive stations beneathbusyairportterminal areas requires careful planning.
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I have listened in agreement to the tributes paid to the scheduling committees which administer the allocation of slots at especially busy airports.
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Member states are granted a limited power to protect domestic services from busy airports to more peripheral regions.
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Will he ascertain whether any particular airports or countries are more prone to changing procedures, particularly at busy airports at the height of the holiday season?
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The scheduling committees meet twice a year to plan the forthcoming season and to arrange the schedules for 80 busy airports around the world, with about 120 carriers involved.
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If the sector grows unchecked, there will be consequences not only for atmospheric pollution but for noise pollution, affecting those unfortunate enough to live close to increasingly busy airports.
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Busy airports typically construct high-speed or rapid-exit taxiways in order to allow aircraft to leave the runway at higher speeds.
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Just prior to departure as administrator, she attributed the increased delays on poor scheduling by the airlines at busy airports.
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