It jolted and bumped over the tarmac, then lifted, and Joe saw that the island was nearly all airfield.
Minutes later, all the planes, including Tom's, landed at the airfield.
Mr. Newton promised to have five cargo jets loaded and prepared for take-off from the construction company airfield.
Then he phoned the base airfield to dispatch a helicopter.
There was still firing from the commercial airport and the smaller military airfield.
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It is not just enough to have a bareairfield.
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In other words, it is capable of taking off from even the smallest temporary airfields.
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We have, however, considered whether this testing work could be done at any otherairfield.
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It is not at present intended to use theairfieldfor night flying.
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It does not have to be placed on aeroplanes moving in and out of vulnerable airfields.
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Experience of noise surveys at other military airfields suggests that the noise from this activity would not affect the position of the noise contour.
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It is flat, it has airfields and you can get there very quickly.
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There are communications, airfields and ports, there are fields of higher and further education, and there is housing.
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The provision of anairfieldwould be a commercial decision more appropriate for the private sector.
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Apart from measurements during the course of noise surveys in the immediate vicinity of various military airfields, there are at present no such plans.
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Theairfieldwill continue to be available on the present basis for use by civil aviation.
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Friend would also be responsible for deciding any planning appeals which might come to him regarding the future use of theairfield.
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In fine weather the aircraft now depart in a straight line from theairfieldas they have always done in poor weather.
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The subject of theairfieldis a complicated one for which we do not have sufficient time this evening.
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The newairfieldis completed but is not yet operational.
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