puddle jumper

noun

informal

: a small airplane

To get there, you catch a puddle jumper out of Denver to Durango …—

Annie Leibovitz

Examples of puddle jumper in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web More often than not, luxurious Bahamian and Caribbean vacations involve multiple forms of transportation — most likely a regular commercial plane, followed by a puddle jumper, a ferry or boat, and then a taxi ride. —

Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2023 Likewise, while many safari camps can arrange private puddle jumpers, only Tswalu in South Africa’s Kalahari has a spacious Beechcraft King Air 350 to help upgrade the 90-minute flight from Johannesburg. —

Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 29 July 2023 The runway was too short for long-haul private jets, and commercial service was spotty—mostly a puddle jumper operated by American Eagle a few times a week. —

Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2022 The landing strip is now able to accommodate planes up to the size of a Boeing 737, meaning visitors no longer need to land in Barbados and transfer to a puddle jumper across to Canouan. —

Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Feb. 2020 Into this landscape flies the brave orphan Atari, who has hijacked a puddle jumper in order to search for Spots. —

Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2018

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