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All countries have the right to conduct freedom of navigation and overflight within an EEZ, a maritime area beyond and adjacent to a nation's territorial sea—which extends up to 13.8 miles from the coastline—according to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
Airspace disruptions were most severe on Friday in the region after Israel halted overflights and Iran ceased operations at its main airport in Tehran.
—Arkansas Online, 22 June 2025
Iran stayed out of the 1991 Gulf War, ignoring overflights of American Tomahawk cruise missiles in its airspace.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
As military tensions between China and Taiwan have grown in recent years, the U.S. and its allies and partners have frequently conducted naval and aerial passages through the Taiwan Strait, asserting freedoms of navigation and overflight in accordance with international law.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
Airspace disruptions were most severe on Friday in the region after Israel halted overflights and Iran ceased operations at its main airport in Tehran.
—Arkansas Online, 22 June 2025
Iran stayed out of the 1991 Gulf War, ignoring overflights of American Tomahawk cruise missiles in its airspace.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
As military tensions between China and Taiwan have grown in recent years, the U.S. and its allies and partners have frequently conducted naval and aerial passages through the Taiwan Strait, asserting freedoms of navigation and overflight in accordance with international law.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
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“Overflight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overflight. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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overflight
noun
over·flight
ˈō-vər-ˌflīt 
: a flight over an area
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