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noon balloon

noon balloon noun: a period around midday when an airport has a particularly large amount of air traffic.

Noun

noon balloon (plural noon balloons)

  1. A period around midday when an airport has a particularly large amount of air traffic.
    • We did not have a noon balloon, but when needed I met VIPs at the airport. I chauffeured them between the airport, hotel and the plant.1995, Edward C. Welter, GM Means Good Money, page 105
    • The noon balloon was chosen as the basis for the traffic model because during this arrival rush demand exceeds airport capacity and air traffic managers impose time-based metering restrictions […]1999, Journal of Aircraft, volume 36, numbers 4-6, page 788

Forms of noon balloon

pluralnoon balloons

Questions about noon balloon

What does noon balloon mean?
Noon balloon means a period around midday when an airport has a particularly large amount of air traffic.
What part of speech is noon balloon?
Noon balloon is a noun.
What is the plural of noon balloon?
The plural of noon balloon is noon balloons.

Words near noon balloon in the dictionary

  1. noologies
  2. noologist
  3. noologists
  4. noology
  5. noon
  6. noon balloon
  7. noon balloons
  8. noon flies
  9. noon fly
  10. noon gun
  11. noon guns

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