air traffic

American  

noun

1. aircraft moving in flight or on airport runways.

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air traffic British  

noun

1. the organized movement of aircraft within a given space

2. the passengers, cargo, or mail carried by aircraft

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Etymology

Origin of air traffic

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

According to the Flight Radar website, which monitors air traffic, the downed aircraft is a small Cirrus SR 20 and had taken off from Birmingham.

From BBC

The league has even employed pilots, air traffic controllers, and a rocket scientist.

From Barron's

While they were still in the air, Bruce had called over the radio to Seattle Center air traffic control.

From Literature

The sales growth came despite last fall’s U.S. government shutdown, which led airlines to cancel flights after the Federal Aviation Administration ordered cuts to air traffic.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Indonesian Air Transport turboprop plane lost contact with the air traffic controller on Saturday afternoon while en route from Yogyakarta to the city of Makassar in Sulawesi Island.

From Barron's