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AIR LANE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does air lane mean? 

AIR LANE (noun)
  The noun AIR LANE has 1 sense:

1. a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to anotherplay

  Familiarity information: AIR LANE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AIR LANE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

air lane; airway; flight path; skyway

Hypernyms ("air lane" is a kind of...):

itinerary; path; route (an established line of travel or access)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "air lane"):

approach; approach path; glide path; glide slope (the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing)

holding pattern (the flight path (usually circular) maintained by an aircraft that is awaiting permission to land)


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