How to Use airspace in a Sentence

airspace

noun
  • This is what has to happen, in order to make this airspace work.
    — Sharyn Alfonsi, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Qatar is among the countries in the region that have closed their airspace.
    — Lucia I Suarez Sang, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Kuwait’s airspace has been closed, and commercial flights are on hold.
    — Connor Greene, Time, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Both Israel and Iran shut down their airspace.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Why was El Paso's airspace closed?
    — Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Lendi says flights were kept out of the airspace for about an hour during this time.
    — Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
  • The airspace above Israel is closed to all civilian flights.
    — CBS News, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Having to avoid Russian airspace adds time and costs to flights.
    — Diksha Madhok, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
  • And Hanoka showed us, on her map of the airspace, why the tarmac is just as tricky.
    — Sharyn Alfonsi, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The airspace above New York City is among the busiest in the world.
    — Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The city owns the upper levels of the parking garage and the airspace.
    — Michael Slaten, Orange County Register, 16 June 2024
  • Air rights include the right to build in the airspace above a property.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Since the full-scale invasion, airspace over Ukraine is closed.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 May 2024
  • But planes were briefly grounded after drones were spotted in the airspace.
    — CBS News, 12 Jan. 2025
  • That raised concerns about whether airspace above the island could remain open.
    — Fox News, 23 Sep. 2021
  • The country's airspace was closed on Wednesday.
    — ABC News, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Measles can live for up to two hours in an airspace where the infected person coughed or sneezed.
    — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
  • The missiles had to pass through Iraq’s airspace to reach Israel.
    — Christian Edwards, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024
  • No Mexican airspace was closed.
    — Seung Min Kim, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Kuwait closed its airspace for several hours but did not report any damage.
    — Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
  • Gloves that are too big won’t keep you warm, because your body will have to heat up too much airspace around your fingers.
    — Field & Stream, 24 Feb. 2021
  • The military said in a later statement its airspace had not been breached.
    — Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The airspace leases have brought in more than $170 million over the past five years.
    — Christopher Weber, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Click here for a list of providers offering free airspace awareness resources.
    — Cbs Baltimore Staff, CBS News, 24 June 2026
  • Kuwait said its air defenses had dealt with hostile drones that entered its airspace.
    — James Powel, USA Today, 11 May 2026
  • Ahead of the strike, Qatar closed its airspace, citing a credible threat.
    — Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 23 June 2025
  • Six flies congregated in the airspace by an ice machine.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Dates of attack, will an airspace close, will enriched uranium change hands.
    — Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 28 June 2026
  • Dates of attack, will an airspace close, will enriched uranium change hands.
    — Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 17 May 2026
  • The ash plume forced the closure of most of Europe’s airspace for the better part of a week.
    — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2023

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