: the space lying above the earth or above a certain area of land or water
especially
: the space lying above a nation and coming under its jurisdiction
Examples of airspace in a Sentence
seeking permission to fly through U.S. airspace
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Twenty percent of the controllers assigned to the Newark airspace took a leave of absence over the incident — a leave that is expected to last two more weeks.
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Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 2 June 2025
Of course, air defense transfers by Moscow might come at the expense of defending Russian airspace from Ukraine’s evolving long-range strike campaign, and risk encouraging Seoul to provide more direct forms of assistance to Kyiv.
—Sebastien Roblin, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
This aligns with airspace closure notices suggesting that launch will take place around 1:30 p.m. EDT on May 28 (1730 GMT; or 1:30 a.m.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 28 May 2025
Americans deserve to have a state-of-the-art air travel system: Sean Duffy
Additionally, only 16 of the 27 people at Philadelphia TRACON, which controls Newark’s airspace, are working due to trauma leave and medical leave, Duffy said.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 28 May 2025
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Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 2 June 2025
Of course, air defense transfers by Moscow might come at the expense of defending Russian airspace from Ukraine’s evolving long-range strike campaign, and risk encouraging Seoul to provide more direct forms of assistance to Kyiv.
—Sebastien Roblin, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
This aligns with airspace closure notices suggesting that launch will take place around 1:30 p.m. EDT on May 28 (1730 GMT; or 1:30 a.m.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 28 May 2025
Americans deserve to have a state-of-the-art air travel system: Sean Duffy
Additionally, only 16 of the 27 people at Philadelphia TRACON, which controls Newark’s airspace, are working due to trauma leave and medical leave, Duffy said.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 28 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for airspace
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“Airspace.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airspace. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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