dirt runway

collocation in English

meaningsofdirtandrunway

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dirt
noun[U]
uk
/dɜːt/us
/dɝːt/
dust, soil, or any substance that makes a surface ...
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runway
noun[C]
uk
/ˈrʌn.weɪ/us
/ˈrʌn.weɪ/
a long, level piece of ground with a specially prepared smooth, hard surface on which aircraft take off ...
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(Definition ofdirtandrunwayfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Aerial views show the airstrip is abandoned, with trees growing on the formerdirtrunway.
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It has adirtrunwaywhich is approximately 900 m long and 43 m wide, as well as a small terminal.
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The airport featured a 2,800 footdirtrunwayand offered flight training.
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Thedirtrunwayis 1500by30m 0 being aligned 0624.
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The airport was opened with a 300-metre (984-ft.) longdirtrunway.
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It had adirtrunwayof 2,700 meters and a passenger terminal in a makeshift shack cob wall covered with buriti-leaves.
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The civilian airport is adirtrunway650 metres in length.
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The singledirtrunwayprovides a landing ground for medical evacuation and charter flights.
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It has a shortdirtrunwaycapable of handing small general aviation aircraft and light turboprops.
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Adirtrunwaywas also used in the past, but it is now closed.
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Was equipped with adirtrunway.
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Its dirt runways were partly oiled to reduce dust, and it had no paved runways.
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Its ability to take off and land on grass or dirt runways makes it popular in developing countries, where runways are not always paved.
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Temporary dirt runways were installed for usage by military and civilian planes.
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Dirt runways were completed with convict labor in 1930, but were useless in wet weather.
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It has two dirt runways.
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