Definition

Noun: - Airport: A large, flat area of land with runways and necessary facilities for airplanes to take off and land.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Chúng tôi sẽ gặp nhau ở sân bay. (We will meet each other at the airport.)
  • Sân bay quốc tế Tân Sơn Nhất rất đông đúc. (Tan Son Nhat International Airport is very crowded.)
  • Xe buýt này có đi đến sân bay không? (Does this bus go to the airport?)

Advanced Usage

• "sân bay vũ trụ": Cosmodrome, spaceport (a facility for launching spacecraft).
  • Sân bay vũ trụ là nơi phóng tàu vũ trụ. (A cosmodrome is a place for launching spacecraft.)

Variants and Related Words

• Cảng hàng không: Another, more formal term for "airport" in Vietnamese.
  • Cảng hàng không quốc tế Nội Bài (Noi Bai International Airport)
• Nhà ga hàng không / Nhà ga sân bay: Airport terminal.
  • Nhà ga số 2 mới được xây dựng. (Terminal 2 has been newly built.)
• Đường băng: Runway (a specific part of an airport).
  • Máy bay đang chạy trên đường băng. (The airplane is running on the runway.)

Synonyms

• Phi trường: An older or less common term for "airport".
• Trạm hàng không: Air station (a less common synonym).

Related Phrases

• Khu vực sân bay: Airport area/zone.
  • Khu vực sân bay được kiểm soát an ninh nghiêm ngặt. (The airport area is under strict security control.)
• Lễ tân sân bay: Airport reception.
  • Dịch vụ lễ tân sân bay rất tiện lợi. (The airport reception service is very convenient.)

Related Idioms

(Note: There are no widely used idioms in Vietnamese that are exclusively and directly based on the word "sân bay". It is primarily a technical term.)

noun

1. airport