air mile

noun

: a mile in air travel

Examples of air mile in a Sentence

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The weather had been good for several days, as weather goes on the Alaska Peninsula, but then heavy dark clouds began to roll into our mountain valley from Yantarni Bay, an arm of the north Pacific only five air miles away. Ben East, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2026 The 49ers’ travel miles for the 2026 regular season amount to 38,105 air miles, the most ever according to sports betting analyst Bill Speros, as well as traversing 58 time zones, breaking the previous record of 42. Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 14 May 2026 The Rams will begin the season by traveling about 8,000 air miles to play against the San Francisco 49ers in Australia. Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026 For Musk, one measure of abundance is his high air mile count, which as recently as 2018 reached more than 150,000 miles in a year. Andrea Guzmán, Austin American Statesman, 23 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for air mile

Word History

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of air mile was in 1907

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“Air mile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20mile. Accessed 21 May. 2026.

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