airfields
Where planes land
Airfields are areas of land equipped for aircraft to take off and land.
The term encompasses everything from grass strips to major airports, though it often suggests something smaller or more utilitarian than a commercial airport—a military airfield, a private airfield.
Enemy bombers targeted the airfields along the coast.
Aircraft storage structure
- tarmacPaved airport surface
- taxiwayAircraft ground route
- runwayPaved path for planes
- apronWaist-tied protective garment
windsock · terminal · helipad · lighting · threshold · markings · overrun · grooving
Supporting bottom structure
- squadronMilitary aviation unit
- sortieArmed raid outward
- scrambleMix into disorder
- revetmentErosion control structure
bunker · dispersal · camouflage · defense · ammunition · barracks · alert · reconnaissance
Aviation traffic service
- radarRadio-wave object detection
- navigationDetermining position and course
- clearancePermitted passage or approval
- marshallingOrganizing into proper order
refueling · maintenance · dispatch · scramble · sortie · turnaround · pushback · de-icing
Moment of ascent
- climbAscend using effort
- throttlePower flow controller
- thrustForceful forward motion
- rotationTurning on an axis
departure · ascent · airspeed · flaps · headwind · acceleration · clearance · abort
Six-point gridiron play
- approachWay of handling something
- flareSudden bright burst
- glidepathAircraft descent trajectory
- descentDownward slope or lineage
final · threshold · crosswind · headwind · tailwind · rollout · braking · go-around
Aircraft with two wing levels
- gliderUnpowered flying craft
- jetForced fluid stream
- airlinerLarge commercial passenger plane
- propellerRotating blades creating thrust
fuselage · taildragger · fighter · bomber · trainer · spotter · helicopter · ultralight
hangar
Aircraft storage structure
apron · windsock · terminal · helipad · lighting · threshold · markings · overrun · grooving · pavement
base
Supporting bottom structure
revetment · bunker · dispersal · camouflage · defense · ammunition · barracks · alert · reconnaissance · deployment
ATC
Aviation traffic service
- radarRadio-wave object detection
- navigationDetermining position and course
- clearancePermitted passage or approval
marshalling · refueling · maintenance · dispatch · scramble · sortie · turnaround · pushback · de-icing · inspection
lift-off
Moment of ascent
rotation · departure · ascent · airspeed · flaps · headwind · acceleration · clearance · abort · rotate
touchdown
Six-point gridiron play
descent · final · threshold · crosswind · headwind · tailwind · rollout · braking · go-around
biplane
Aircraft with two wing levels
propeller · fuselage · taildragger · fighter · bomber · trainer · spotter · helicopter · ultralight · seaplane
- airmail systemmail planes, sorting facilities, express mail, delivery schedules, mail carriers
- military engineeringengineers, combat engineer, combat engineers, sappers, sapper
- airportsairports, terminals, terminal building, runway, runways
- aviationaircraft, airports, flying, flight, airplanes
- aviation museumsaviation museums, military aircraft, aviation history, flight simulators, hangars
- Air Baseshangars, runways, flight line, tarmac, taxiways
airfieldsseaports
Coastal shipping facilities
harbors · naval bases · docks · marinas · train stations