Half the time I'd be sitting on the runway apron past midnight, waiting for the delivery.

We are held briefly at the runway apron, and then we are off.

"Just take a look at the runway apron."

Due to the size and engine power of the big Sikorsky, it was customary to taxi the aircraft toward the runway apron before actually lifting off.

Barksdale was developed as an Air Corps flying school November 1940 and the runway apron was completed mid-1941.

Several commercial airliners belonging to the Duxford Aviation Society stand on the runway apron opposite the hangars.

The 341 passengers and 19 crew members left by a stairway that had been wheeled to the plane on a runway apron away from the main terminal.

Total project cost was an estimated $42.5 million, $31.5 million for the terminal and $11 million for runway apron and landside improvements.

Lucita drove a low-slung sports car out onto the runway apron and parked it with a squeal of brakes next to his own limousine.

Quicksilver was towed to the runway apron by a tractor with a sputtering motor.