: 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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Collins Aerospace delivers proven Mode S and monopulse SSR (MSSR) systems, including the next-generation Condor Mk3, supporting civil and military airspace worldwide.
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 11 Jan. 2026
With Hezbollah’s and Hamas’s leadership in disarray and Israeli jets maintaining a humiliating, virtually uncontested presence over Iranian airspace, the regime is strategically naked before its people—exposed by an empty treasury and an unprotected sky.
—Karim Sadjadpour, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2026
Southwest added additional flights to its Caribbean routes to compensate after the Federal Aviation Administration briefly closed airspace in the region due to US military action in Venezuela.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 9 Jan. 2026
The airspace remained closed for 86 minutes, during which time flight patterns show dozens of other planes likely had to change course — making pilots and passengers unwitting participants in SpaceX’s test of the most powerful rocket ever built.
—Heather Vogell, ProPublica, 8 Jan. 2026
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 11 Jan. 2026
With Hezbollah’s and Hamas’s leadership in disarray and Israeli jets maintaining a humiliating, virtually uncontested presence over Iranian airspace, the regime is strategically naked before its people—exposed by an empty treasury and an unprotected sky.
—Karim Sadjadpour, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2026
Southwest added additional flights to its Caribbean routes to compensate after the Federal Aviation Administration briefly closed airspace in the region due to US military action in Venezuela.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 9 Jan. 2026
The airspace remained closed for 86 minutes, during which time flight patterns show dozens of other planes likely had to change course — making pilots and passengers unwitting participants in SpaceX’s test of the most powerful rocket ever built.
—Heather Vogell, ProPublica, 8 Jan. 2026
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“Airspace.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airspace. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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