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taxiway: see airport airport or airfield, place for landing and departure of aircraft, usually with facilities for housing and maintaining planes and for receiving and discharging passengers and cargo. ..... Click the link for more information. . taxiway [′tak·sē‚wā] (civil engineering) A specially prepared or designated path on an airport for taxiing aircraft. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It is the only joint-use airfield in the Marine Corps, providing air traffic control, security and aircraft rescue, and firefighting services as well as maintaining runways and taxiways for itself and the Yuma International Airport. As part of the two-year $333 million project, the south runway and taxiways will be reworked to make them safer and prepare for a new generation of jumbo jets. After the runway opens next spring, LAX will build new taxiways designed to reduce the risk of collisions between planes on the taxiway and planes taking off on the runway. |
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