A usually paved strip at an airport for use by aircraft in taxiing to and from a runway.
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Any of the paved strips at an airport for use by airplanes in taxiing to and from the runways.
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(aviation) A path in an airport connecting runways with ramps, hangars, terminals and other facilities.
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Sentence Examples
The first sign of the ground Dean spotted was a rain puddle reflecting the glow from the lights of the plane as the wheels touched the runway—one, two, three times before the tired aircraft glided to the taxiway.
The first sign of the ground Dean spotted was a rain puddle reflecting the glow from the lights of the plane as the wheels touched the runway—one, two, three times before the tired aircraft glided to the taxiway.
The assembled onlookers watched as the ground crew removed the chocks and then marshaled the aircraft onto the taxiway and toward runway 08.
It spans a live taxiway, with aircraft the size of a Boeing 747-400 able to pass beneath.
From a farm track at the western end the aircraft taxi toward you down the long parallel taxiway.