✈️ Overnight flight ☕ Coffee with espresso

redeye

5 7.5

An overnight flight when people often get little sleep and arrive tired

noun
/ˈrɛdˌaɪ/

: vuelo nocturno

So, earlier today, after a redeye flight back from teaching on the West Coast, I drove over to the shipping office and picked up my package from Lou.
take a redeye
redeye flight
redeye tonight

The reason I get inspired to take overnight redeye flights to an event like this is this is a lot of people that know it's this close.

Examples

I have to fly to London on a redeye tonight.

A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
See if they can get us on a redeye back to Minneapolis.

Best Man Down (2012)
Here are your plane tickets for the redeye on Monday night.

Undiscovered (2005)
I came back on the redeye.

Isn't She Great (2000)
You turning around on the redeye?

Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Well, if I left right now, I could probably catch the redeye.

Perfect (1985)
That Sunday at 6 p.m., I caught the redeye into New York.

The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002)
And I booked us both on tonight's redeye flight.

The Kiss (1988)
Welcome aboard Valdez flight 896, redeye to Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Best Man Down (2012)
I booked a redeye flight to Los Angeles so I could arrive early in the morning.

Synonyms

red-eye

vsredeye

11 6.2

An overnight flight that leaves late and often makes you tired

highlights the flight aspect and the passengers' lack of sleep rather than the state

red eye

vsredeye

1 3.6

A late-night flight that arrives early the next morning

stresses passenger sleeplessness and visible tiredness more than schedule details

redeye flight

vsredeye

1 4.2

A late night plane trip that arrives the next morning and leaves you tired

focuses on the same overnight trip but highlights visible tired eyes

Compounds

redeye flight

1 4.2

A late night plane trip that arrives the next morning and leaves you tired

How Tiring

redeye

5 7.5

to overnight

5 3.2

day return

1 2.3

Surface Forms

redeye singular

redeyes plural

Morphology

redeye = red + eye (semi-transparent) = red + eye

The components 'red' + 'eye' are clear, but the specific conventional meaning 'overnight flight' is metaphoric/metonymic and not directly inferable for all learners.

Etymology

Redeye for an overnight flight comes from the idea of arriving with 'red' eyes after a night with little sleep. So, a redeye is an overnight flight that often leaves passengers very tired and with red eyes.