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How to Say "airport" in Spanish

The Spanish word forairportis aeropuertoA1 level. This is a very common word in everyday Spanish.

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nounA1
A location for air travel
A brightly colored storybook illustration showing a large, modern airport terminal building with a control tower, and a colorful passenger jet taxiing on the tarmac.

Examples

El aeropuerto internacional es muy grande.

The international airport is very large.

Necesito llegar al aeropuerto dos horas antes de mi vuelo.

I need to arrive at the airport two hours before my flight.

¿Hay un autobús que vaya directo al aeropuerto?

Is there a bus that goes directly to the airport?

Masculine Gender

Even though it ends in '-o', remember that 'aeropuerto' is always masculine, so you must use 'el' (el aeropuerto) or 'un' (un aeropuerto).

Contraction 'al'

When you say you are going 'to the airport,' you combine the preposition 'a' (to) and the masculine article 'el' (the) to form 'al' (Voy al aeropuerto).

Using the wrong article

Mistake:La aeropuerto.

Correction: El aeropuerto. Always use the masculine article 'el' because this word is masculine.

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