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air route

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noun

  1. a designated route for aircraft flying between particular ground locations at specified minimum altitudes.


Etymology

Origin of air route

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

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More than 7,000 animals, dead and alive, have been seized along the Thailand-India air route in the last 3.5 years, it said.

From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025

Data published earlier this by the consultancy OAG suggests Dublin-Heathrow is the second busiest international air route in Europe.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2025

As a result, the air route between them is one of the nation’s most competitive and heavily trafficked.

From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2018

La Roma, the neighborhood, is below the air route to the Mexico City Airport, which is not far away from there.

From Slate • Dec. 14, 2018

—Seeing no other way of escape than by the air route, Nicolai turned—to whom?

From The Forerunners by Rolland, Romain