taxiway

nounC1Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechmostly written

Other forms: taxiways

A taxiway is the path aircraft move along between runway and stand. Hold on the taxiway.

It is marked in yellow where a runway is marked in white, which is how pilots tell them apart. A taxiway is built lighter than a runway, since nothing lands on it.

Definitions of taxiway

1nountaxiwayThe path aircraft move along between runway and stand.C1
“They sat on the taxiway for fifty minutes without moving.”

taxiway is a path.

Where it comes from

Taxi plus way; to taxi is aviation slang from the early days for moving on the ground under power.

From taxi + way.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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taxiway in the wild

Los Rodeos had become congested with parked planes blocking the only taxiway, forcing departing aircraft to taxi on the runway.
Tenerife airport disaster
Runways, taxiways and ramps, are sometimes referred to as "tarmac", though very few runways are built using tarmac.
Runway
A taxiway is a path for aircraft at an airport connecting runways with aprons, hangars, terminals and other facilities.
Taxiway
The main runway is 09/27 and tarmac with a parallel grass runway available that doubles as a taxiway for the majority of the time.
Turweston Aerodrome
There is an additional grass cross runway that is used also as a taxiway and as additional parking for events orientation of 03/21.
Turweston Aerodrome

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