SKYWAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does skyway mean? 

• SKYWAY (noun)
  The noun SKYWAY has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SKYWAY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SKYWAY (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 ("skyway" is a kind of...):

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

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

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)