air traffic
Americannoun
noun
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the organized movement of aircraft within a given space
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the passengers, cargo, or mail carried by aircraft
Etymology
Origin of air traffic
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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One investment banker, who downloaded two mobile apps to track air traffic, wondered if hedge-fund and private-equity honchos are to blame following a yearslong runup in financial markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Her teams are also responsible for coordinating air traffic for North Atlantic Treaty Organization military aircraft.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
The weekend edition of the Financial Times reports that a military aircraft entering "spurious" flight data into air traffic control led to a system outage that grounded thousands of planes this week.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Record passenger numbers at Greece's airports pushed its air traffic control system to the limit, especially during the peak season.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
So I had to live with the muffled sounds of wind and rain, and of street and air traffic.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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