air passage

a space occupied or traversed by air.

travel by air.

accommodations for an air trip: to book air passage for Hong Kong.

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First recorded in 1830–40

Breathing through a tube, if continued for a long time, interferes with the natural growth of the air-passage above it.
A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4)|Various
The pus may burst into the cellular tissue of the neck, or into the air-passage or the œsophagus.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition.|Alexander Miles
These are drawn from the mouth into the air-passage during a sudden inspiratory effort, for example while laughing or sneezing.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition.|Alexander Miles
The commonest causes are a wound of some air-passage, or a penetrating wound of the chest wall without injury to the lung.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3|Various

Pressure on the thoracic veins and on the air-passage causes cyanosis and dyspnœa.
Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles