airway
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3.8
- noun
- /ˈɛrˌweɪ/
- Specialized
:
ruta aérea
- Pilots must follow the specified airway to ensure safe travel between airports.
Examples
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The airplane navigated through the designated airway to reach its destination safely.
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I think you should know we are now following a regular airway.
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In 1970, the airport and airway trust fund was established.
Blog text (10) -
Planes fly mostly along specific airways.
Blog text (1) -
We did have diplomatic clearance, but it was only to fly on the Victor 33 airway.
Fiction book (2000) -
"Solace 72, you should be flying the Victor 33 airway.
Fiction book (2000) -
Air traffic controllers monitor the airway system to guide planes during their flights.
Synonyms
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3.9
The route a plane or rocket follows through the sky
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6.7
A route in the sky that airplanes use between airports
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4.3
A route that airplanes follow between airports
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Etymology
The word airway joins air ('the gas we breathe') and way ('a path'), so it literally means a 'path for air'. That's why an airway in aviation is a marked route in the sky that airplanes follow.