: the space lying above the earth or above a certain area of land or water
especially
: the space lying above a nation and coming under its jurisdiction
Examples of airspace in a Sentence
seeking permission to fly through U.S. airspace
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This is a guy that randomly says the airspace over Venezuela is closed.
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Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2025
Just yesterday, the president said airlines should consider Venezuelan airspace closed.
—CBS News, 30 Nov. 2025
Those military operations may be expanding, with the airspace announcement signaling strikes on targets inside Venezuela could be imminent.
—Zach Lachance, The Washington Examiner, 30 Nov. 2025
Trump does not have the authority to close the airspace of Venezuela, nor any other country not his own, yet his comments in recent weeks have already shifted how commercial airlines have interacted with the South American country.
—Richard Hall, Time, 29 Nov. 2025
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Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2025
Just yesterday, the president said airlines should consider Venezuelan airspace closed.
—CBS News, 30 Nov. 2025
Those military operations may be expanding, with the airspace announcement signaling strikes on targets inside Venezuela could be imminent.
—Zach Lachance, The Washington Examiner, 30 Nov. 2025
Trump does not have the authority to close the airspace of Venezuela, nor any other country not his own, yet his comments in recent weeks have already shifted how commercial airlines have interacted with the South American country.
—Richard Hall, Time, 29 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for airspace
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“Airspace.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airspace. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
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