landing zone
Where helicopters descend
A landing zone is a designated area where aircraft—especially helicopters—can safely touch down.
Military operations establish landing zones for troop deployment and supply drops: The helicopters approached the landing zone under fire.
The term extends to any cleared space for arrival or delivery, including drone drop-off points.
- airstripBasic aircraft landing surface
- helipadRotorcraft touchdown area
- parachuteDrag-creating descent device
- combat dropMilitary parachute insertion
- runwayPaved path for planes
airborne · air assault · medevac · search and rescue · paratrooper · airdrop · jumpmaster · glide path · extraction · flight deck · pathfinder · dustoff · jump · forward operating base · clearance · insertion · airfield · touch down
- landing sitesairfield, airport, airstrip, helipad, heliport
- zonesterritory, district, DMZ, Korean DMZ, neutral territory
- air rescuemedevac, air ambulance, helicopter rescue, airlift, life flight
- bird huntingduck hunting, goose hunting, pheasant hunting, quail hunting, shotguns
- emergency zonesstaging area, triage area, search area, fire perimeter, command post
- space coloniesmoon base, lunar colony, lunar base, space station, space habitat
landing zonedeparture point
Where a journey originates
launch site · point of origin · launch pad · staging area · drop zone
landing zoneairspace
Regulated overhead flight zone
flight path · cruising altitude · no-fly zone · restricted airspace · holding pattern
landing zonehot zone
Area of extreme hazard
kill zone · no-fly zone · target zone · combat zone · enemy territory