飛行場
Meanings
1
airfield; airport; aerodrome
General term for a place where aircraft take off and land. In modern usage, 空港 (くうこう) is more common for commercial passenger airports, while 飛行場 can refer to smaller airfields or be used in official/compound terms.
There is a small airfield on this island.
The runway at the airfield was renovated.
Usage patterns
- 〈場所〉に飛行場があるthere is an airfield at 〈place〉
There is a small airfield on this island.
- 飛行場を建設するto build an airfield
The government announced a plan to build a new airfield on that land.
- 飛行場に着陸するto land at an airfield
The small plane landed safely at the airfield.