0 an area of ground (with buildings etc) where (usually military) aircraft are kept and from which they fly -- pengkalan tentera udara
The aircraft were based at Duxford airfield.
It is not just enough to have a bare airfield.
In other words, it is capable of taking off from even the smallest temporary airfields.
We have, however, considered whether this testing work could be done at any other airfield.
It is not at present intended to use the airfield for night flying.
It does not have to be placed on aeroplanes moving in and out of vulnerable airfields.
Experience of noise surveys at other military airfields suggests that the noise from this activity would not affect the position of the noise contour.
It is flat, it has airfields and you can get there very quickly.
There are communications, airfields and ports, there are fields of higher and further education, and there is housing.
