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- Dictionaryrunway/ˈrʌnweɪ/
noun
- 1. a strip of hard ground along which aircraft take off and land: "the jet braked hard as its wheels touched the runway"
- 2. North American term for catwalk
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According to the International Civil Aviation Organization, a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a human-made surface (often asphalt, concrete, or a mixture of both) or a natural surface (grass, dirt, gravel, ice, sand or salt). Runways, taxiways and ramps, are sometimes referred to as "tarmac", though very fe... Wikipedia