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The definition of an airport is a place where airplanes take off and land that has all the services and buildings needed to take care of the airplanes, passengers, and cargo.

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An area with buildings, airplanes, and airstrips is an example of an airport.

See airport in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a place where aircraft can land and take off, usually equipped with hangars, facilities for refueling and repair, accommodations for passengers, etc.

See airport in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A tract of leveled land where aircraft can take off and land, usually equipped with hard-surfaced landing strips, a control tower, hangars, aircraft maintenance and refueling facilities, and accommodations for passengers and cargo.
Such an installation in which the landing area is on water.

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