runway Definition
☆ run·way (run′wā′)
noun
a way, as a channel, track, chute, groove, trough, etc., in, on, or along which something runs, or moves; specif.,
- the channel or bed of a stream
- a strip of leveled, usually paved ground, for use by airplanes in taking off and landing
- a track or ramp for wheeled vehicles
- a beaten path made by deer, etc.
- a narrow platform extending from a stage out into the audience
runway Usage Examples
Converse of object
- overshoot: Light aircraft overshoots runway A pilot and his passenger are recovering after their light aircraft overshot a runway and ended up in a hedge.
- overrun: On 21 May 1998, a Leisure International Airways A320 overran the runway at Ibiza Airport in the Balearic Islands.
- propose: The 12 th century church of Holy Trinity lies half a mile from the end of two proposed runways.
Preposition: at
airport: They are areas at either end of the runways at airports.
Adjective modifier
- wide-spaced: A total of twenty-two local schools would sit under the flight path of the wide-spaced second runway.
- aerial: For example leaping onto an aerial runway, riding a bike on parapet, balancing on a high beam.
- paved: Nearby Dixon has a 5400 ' paved runway and beacon.
- full-length: One option was for a close parallel full-length runway, 385 meters south of the existing strip.
- disused: October 2001 The Boulmer Venom An account of how a Venom was force landed on one of the disused runways at Boulmer in 1953.
- 3rd: Will end in the area where homes would be demolished if a 3rd runway went ahead.
Modifies a noun
- alternation: Mr Stewart said: " I think that for people in Hounslow ending runway alternation would take away their lifeline.
- incursion: The system used gives the maximum protection against possible runway incursions.
- capacity: Further expansion of runway capacity at Heathrow should be resisted.
- threshold: Making his approach into Wattisham and with five miles to run to the runway threshold, both engines on the Lightning flamed out.
- extension: The Council has decided to commit to the phased development of the airport that includes a runway extension, west of the existing runway.
- direction: To aggregate the numbers in a sensible manner, information was used regarding the typical runway directions used at the study airports.
Noun used with modifier
- tarmac: With the outbreak of war an east-west tarmac runway was constructed, followed by a NE-SW one.
- airport: In July a hefty four hundred kilo polar bear decided to take a nap at the end of the airport runway.
- airfield: The airfield North/South runway and the houses of Patchway beyond are visible.
- grass: These early flights utilized the grass runway at Hatfield.
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