: 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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Drone attacks target gulf Arab nations The fragile ceasefire was again tested Sunday when a drone ignited a small fire on a ship off Qatar, while the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait reported drones entering their airspace.
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Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
The fragile ceasefire was tested when a drone ignited a small fire on a ship off Qatar and the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait reported drones entering their airspace.
—Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 10 May 2026
The Administration’s cowboy capture of the Venezuelan autocrat Nicolás Maduro, on January 3rd, prompted an airspace closure in the Caribbean, stranding many populations, none as humbled as the American tourists, gone to the islands for rest and relaxation over the winter holiday.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
With this strategy, the weapons themselves do the lion’s share of the dangerous transit into enemy airspace.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 9 May 2026
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Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
The fragile ceasefire was tested when a drone ignited a small fire on a ship off Qatar and the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait reported drones entering their airspace.
—Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 10 May 2026
The Administration’s cowboy capture of the Venezuelan autocrat Nicolás Maduro, on January 3rd, prompted an airspace closure in the Caribbean, stranding many populations, none as humbled as the American tourists, gone to the islands for rest and relaxation over the winter holiday.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
With this strategy, the weapons themselves do the lion’s share of the dangerous transit into enemy airspace.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 9 May 2026
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“Airspace.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airspace. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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