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1 — Obs.
an airport.
Quotations
1936
The first civil air harbour in Canada was then established, and the first practical use of aircraft for civil purposes was then got under way.
1956
Bell likes to use the term "air harbor." The phrase was on his tongue back in 1919 before the word "airport" had been invented
2
a harbor for aircraft equipped to land on and take off from water.
Quotations
1954
For those who enter Ontario by air, whether as private pilots or in chartered aircraft, there are about 175 air fields and air harbours in the province.