English-Portuguese translations for runway

• passarela
• pista
  Dezenas de milhar de pessoas vivem e dormem na boca de uma pista de descolagem e aterragem. Tens of thousands of people live and sleep a stone' s throw away from the runway.
  Assunto: Projecto de uma terceira pista no aeroporto londrino de Heathrow Subject: Plans for third runway at London Heathrow
  No entanto, uma pista extra no aeroporto de Heathrow permitiria que mais 500 voos passassem diariamente por Londres. However, an extra runway at Heathrow would allow an extra 500 flights a day to pass over London.
• pista de aterragem
  Aliás, duas pessoas conseguiram sair pelo seu pé, apesar de o avião ter capotado duas vezes na pista de aterragem. Indeed, two people were able to walk away from the crash, despite the fact that the plane overturned twice on the runway.
  Soube, entretanto, que o atraso se deveu em parte ao facto de haver renas na pista de aterragem do aeroporto internacional de Estrasburgo, o que me parece absolutamente inacreditável. When I find out that part of the reason for the delay is reindeer running on the runway of the international airport in Strasbourg, I find that utterly incredible.
• pista de aterrissagem
• pista de pouso

Definition of runway

• A defined#Adjective|defined, narrow#Adjective|narrow section#Noun|section of land#Noun|land or an artificial structure#Noun|structure used for access#Noun|access
• The usual path taken by deer or other wild animals, such as from a forest to a water#Noun|water source#Noun|source
• A narrow#Adjective|narrow walkway extending from a stage#Noun|stage on which people walk#Verb|walk, especially one used by model#Noun|models during fashion shows
• In javelin, long jump, and similar events: a short track#Noun|track along which athletes can accelerate themselves for their jump#Noun|jumps or throw#Noun|throws
• A section of land, usually paved#Adjective|paved, for airplanes to land#Verb|land on or take off from
• Hence, the number of months that a startup company can operate on its cash reserves
• A stream#Noun|stream bed#Noun|bed

Related words

• runway model
• runway strip
• runway edge lights
• overhead runway beam
• field runway
• fashion runway