make it to a place in time/make a place in time

[worcester]

Hi everyone,

I have a sentence:

"We'll never make the airport in time. The traffic's too bad!"

I always say: "make it to the airport" That's why I'm baffled by this one. The example was taken from The New Headway.

I would expect the sentence to sound like this:

"We'll never make it to the airport in time."

Please correct if I am wrong.

Thank you.

 

[Rover_KE]

One meaning of 'make' is 'to reach a particular place' (Macmillan), so 'make the airport' means 'reach the airport'.

Your version is correct, too, of course.