Collocations for "runway"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "runway" in context.
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runway
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the [airport, airplane, plane] runway
- the [main, second, new] runway at [JFK]
- the [southern, northern, eastern, western] runway
- the runway is clear for [takeoff, landing]
- the plane's approach to the runway
- the plane [taxied, made its way] to the runway
- the wheels [touched, brushed] the runway
- landed [smoothly, sharply, bumpily] on the runway
- the plane [sped, rumbled, hurtled] down the runway
- directed the plane [off, onto, along] the runway
- [turned, pulled] off the runway
- plans to [extend, resurface, lengthen] the runway
- [a crash, an incident, an accident] on the runway
- [service trucks, gas tankers, ground staff] on the runway
- the model [walked, paced, strutted] down the runway
- the models on the runway
- the runway [capacity, length, width]
- a runway [model, show]
'runway' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):