noun

en flygplats

airport

En plats där flygplan startar och landar, och där resenärer kan gå på eller av sina resor.

Definition & meaning

Flygplats means airport: a place where aircraft take off and land, usually with facilities for passengers and cargo.

Grammar & Word origin

  • An en-word: en flygplats.
  • Definite singular: flygplatsen; plural: flygplatser; definite plural: flygplatserna.
  • A compound of flyg (“flight” or “aviation”) and plats (“place”).

Synonyms & antonyms

  • flygfält — “airfield”; emphasizes the area used for takeoff and landing and does not necessarily have passenger facilities.
  • flygterminal — “airport terminal”; refers only to the building where passengers are processed, not the whole airport.

There is no direct antonym.

Common phrases & collocations

  • åka till flygplatsen — to go to the airport
  • en internationell flygplats — an international airport
  • landa på en flygplats — to land at an airport

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Examples

Vi åker till flygplatsen imorgon.noun

We are going to the airport tomorrow.

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