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How to use airspace in a sentence

12 example sentences · noun

Airspace means a specified portion of the atmosphere, especially that under the technical aviation control and/or jurisdiction of a particular state over which territory (and territorial waters) it lies. Example: “Various European countries transferred the aviation control of their adjoining airspace to Eurocontrol, while each retaining legal jurisdiction.”

Examples of airspace by meaning

nounA specified portion of the atmosphere, especially that under the technical aviation control and/or jurisdiction of a...

  • Various European countries transferred the aviation control of their adjoining airspace to Eurocontrol, while each retaining legal jurisdiction.
  • Eyafjallajokull closed airspace across northern Europe.2020 March 25, “Network News: Railway working with government to combat crisis”, in Rail, page 7
  • During the war, Israel quickly took control of much of Iran's airspace, and attacked its military infrastructure.2025 June 26, Kasra Naji, “When Iran's supreme leader emerges from hiding he will find a very different nation”, in BBC

nounSpace (i.e. a few neighboring frequencies) available for broadcasting within a particular frequency band.

  • The legalisation of free radios caused a bitter fight for airspace.

More sentences with airspace

  • Without the KC-46 tankers orbiting in friendly airspace, our fighters would've run out of fuel long before reaching the combat zone.From the entry tanker
  • The Kinmen Defense Command said the drone entered restricted airspace over Shiyu island just after noon.[2022 September 1, “Taiwanese troops shoot down drone over island outpost”, in AP News, archived from the original on 01 Sep 2022. From the entry Lion Rock
  • GHGs emitted into the airspace of any one state are eventually dispersed throughout the world.2014, John G Sprankling, “Rights in Airspace and Outer Space”, in The International Law of Property, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page…. From the entry GHG
  • Although generally obstructive, obliterative changes may lead to non- or poorly communicating airspaces, which will not be obvious on spirometry.2007, William N. Rom, Steven B. Markowitz, Environmental and Occupational Medicine. From the entry obliterative
  • But as the hours passed and we entered different national airspaces, the newsbar flashed in the side panel with various regional propaganda.2023, Joseph Zigmond, Constance, Black Spot Books, page 134. From the entry newsbar
  • American fighters on Taiwan were only permitted to fire on hostile aircraft entering Taiwan's airspace and were not permitted hot pursuit in international airspace.1988 December, Joseph Frederick Bouchard, “Naval Operations in Crises”, in Use of naval force in crises: A theory of stratified crisis…. From the entry cripple
  • A Chinese surveillance drone entered the airspace of Pratas, a Taiwan-controlled island in the South China Sea also known as Dongsha, for four minutes on Saturday.2026 January 17, Kathrin Hille, “China flies drone into Taiwan’s airspace for first time”, in Financial Times, archived from the original…. From the entry Dongsha
  • The WAM system provides surveillance in the en route airspace while MLAT is used to ensure surveillance of the terminal area airspace or ground traffic at the airport.2019, Oleg Nicolaevich Skrypnik, Radio Navigation Systems for Airports and Airways, page 204. From the entry MLAT

Meaning of airspace

  1. noun A specified portion of the atmosphere, especially that under the technical aviation control and/or jurisdiction of a particular state over which territory (and territorial waters) it lies.
  2. noun That part of the sky designated for the sole use of aircraft.
  3. noun Space (i.e. a few neighboring frequencies) available for broadcasting within a particular frequency band.

Full definition of airspace

Questions about airspace in a sentence

How do you use airspace in a sentence?
Airspace is used as a noun. For example: “Various European countries transferred the aviation control of their adjoining airspace to Eurocontrol, while each retaining legal jurisdiction.”
What is a short sentence with airspace?
“Eyafjallajokull closed airspace across northern Europe.”
What does airspace mean?
Airspace means a specified portion of the atmosphere, especially that under the technical aviation control and/or jurisdiction of a particular state over which territory (and territorial waters) it lies.

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