airfield, flying field, landing field, field - a place where planes take off and land

air transportation system - a transportation system for moving passengers or goods by air

bridge, span - a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.

facility, installation - a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry; "the assembly plant is an enormous facility"

highway system - a transportation system consisting of roads for motor transport

infrastructure, base - the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; "the industrial base of Japan"

line - a commercial organization serving as a common carrier

public transit - a public transportation system for moving passengers

public transport - conveyance for passengers or mail or freight

short line - a transportation system that operates over relatively short distances

telferage, telpherage - a transportation system in which cars (telphers) are suspended from cables and operated on electricity

depot, terminal, terminus - station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods

way - any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another; "he said he was looking for the way out"

movement - the act of changing the location of something; "the movement of cargo onto the vessel"

transshipment - the transfer from one conveyance to another for shipment

airlift, lift - transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)

connexion, connection - shifting from one form of transportation to another; "the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta"

bringing, delivery - the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail); "his reluctant delivery of bad news"

drive - the act of driving a herd of animals overland

carry - the act of carrying something

pickup - the act of taking aboard passengers or freight

lighterage - the transportation of goods on a lighter

relocation, resettlement, transplantation - the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind)

teleportation - a hypothetical mode of instantaneous transportation; matter is dematerialized at one place and recreated at another

charge - the price charged for some article or service; "the admission charge"

airfare - the fare charged for traveling by airplane

bus fare, carfare - the fare charged for riding a bus or streetcar

cab fare, taxi fare - the fare charged for riding in a taxicab

train fare - the fare charged for traveling by train

executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States

FAA, Federal Aviation Agency - an agency in the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the safety of civilian aviation

Transportation Safety Administration, TSA - an agency established in 2001 to safeguard United States transportation systems and insure safe air travel

U. S. Coast Guard, United States Coast Guard, US Coast Guard - an agency of the Department of Transportation responsible for patrolling shores and facilitating nautical commerce

commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)

business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business"

air transport, air transportation - transportation by air

navigation - ship traffic; "the channel will be open to navigation as soon as the ice melts"

hauling, trucking, truckage - the activity of transporting goods by truck

freight, freightage - transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates

express, expressage - rapid transport of goods

ferrying, ferry - transport by boat or aircraft

on-line - on a regular route of a railroad or bus or airline system; "on-line industries"

off-line - not on a regular route of a transportation system; "an off-line ticket office"

banishment, proscription - rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone

Babylonian Captivity - the deportation of the Jews to Babylonia by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC