: a point or region in the air not immediately adjacent to the ground
the planes collided in midair
Examples of midair in a Sentence
The two planes collided in midair.
We watched birds catching insects in midair.
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Physically frail, yet in full verbal command, Julian doesn’t talk to Lori so much as at her, pausing only to fire off questions that harden, in midair, into assumptions.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
Philadelphia flight instructor John Aytch had just wrapped up a lesson on midair crises when suddenly, one of those exact scenarios happened and required a sudden emergency landing.
—Dan Snyder, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
The capsule then flips midair and deploys its parachutes.
—Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
In July 2025, a Southwest pilot on a flight from Burbank to Las Vegas had to dive aggressively to avoid a midair collision, FOX 11 Los Angeles reported.
—Greg Norman-Diamond, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2026
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
Philadelphia flight instructor John Aytch had just wrapped up a lesson on midair crises when suddenly, one of those exact scenarios happened and required a sudden emergency landing.
—Dan Snyder, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
The capsule then flips midair and deploys its parachutes.
—Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
In July 2025, a Southwest pilot on a flight from Burbank to Las Vegas had to dive aggressively to avoid a midair collision, FOX 11 Los Angeles reported.
—Greg Norman-Diamond, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2026
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“Midair.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/midair. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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midair
noun
mid·air
ˈmid-ˈa(ə)r 
-ˈe(ə)r
: a point or region in the air not very close to the ground
planes collided in midair
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