Dictionary.com

air lane

Save This Word!
See synonyms for air lane on Thesaurus.com
noun
a route regularly used by airplanes; airway.
QUIZ
THINGAMABOB OR THINGUMMY: CAN YOU DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE US AND UK TERMS IN THIS QUIZ?
Do you know the difference between everyday US and UK terminology? Test yourself with this quiz on words that differ across the Atlantic.
Question 1 of 7
In the UK, COTTON CANDY is more commonly known as…
candystring
candyfloss
candypuff
TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT
Also called skyway.

Origin of air lane

First recorded in 1910–15

Words nearby air lane

air-intake, airish, air jacket, air kiss, air lance, air lane, air-launched cruise missile, air layer, air layering, airless, air letter
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Words related to air lane

sea lane, air corridor, corridor, skyway, air route, flight path, shipping lane

How to use air lane in a sentence

  • Three minutes later they were in the air flying an air-lane in the dark.

    Gypsy Flight|Roy J. Snell

  • Much good it does us; this fellow is as cautious as a director of the lower air-lane.

    Wandl the Invader|Raymond King Cummings
FEEDBACK