air corridor
Designated flight route
An air corridor is a designated route through airspace that aircraft must follow, typically established for safety, efficiency, or political reasons.
The term often refers to passages through restricted zones: The Berlin Airlift relied on three air corridors through Soviet-controlled territory.
Commercial aviation uses air corridors to manage traffic flow between major airports.
Aircraft's designated travel corridor
- flight levelAviation altitude reference
- routePath from A to B
- jetwayAirport passenger corridor
- skywayElevated connecting passage
approach · departure · transit · altitude · trajectory · flyover · air traffic control · clearance
Navigation reference location
- headingDirectional course traveled
- radarRadio-wave object detection
- GPSSatellite-based location technology
- FMSRadio frequency band abbreviation
glideslope · localizer · flight plan · beacon · transponder · ATC · vector · fix
Contract between two parties
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- open skiesUnobstructed aerial expanse
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- permissionGranted right to act
treaty · international waters · clearance · landing rights · reciprocity
Banned flight region
- airliftEmergency transport by plane
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
- sortieArmed raid outward
air supremacy · demilitarized zone · exclusion zone · safe passage · escort · patrol route · buffer zone · enforcement
flightpath
Aircraft's designated travel corridor
- flight levelAviation altitude reference
- routePath from A to B
- jetwayAirport passenger corridor
skyway · approach · departure · transit · altitude · trajectory · flyover · air traffic control · clearance · holding pattern
waypoint
Navigation reference location
- headingDirectional course traveled
- radarRadio-wave object detection
- GPSSatellite-based location technology
FMS · glideslope · localizer · flight plan · beacon · transponder · ATC · vector · fix
bilateral agreement
Contract between two parties
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- open skiesUnobstructed aerial expanse
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
permission · treaty · international waters · clearance · landing rights · reciprocity
no-fly zone
Banned flight region
- airliftEmergency transport by plane
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
sortie · air supremacy · demilitarized zone · exclusion zone · safe passage · escort · patrol route · buffer zone · enforcement · surveillance
- logisticsshipping, delivery, warehouses, warehousing, shipment
- routesroad, path, route, highway, freeway
- travel routesSilk Road, Route 66, Pacific Coast Highway, trade routes, trade route
- airwaysflight path, approach path, departure route
- flight routesflight path, direct route, nonstop flight, transatlantic, transpacific
- air traffic controltower control, control tower, controllers, controller, radar systems
air corridorno-fly zone
Banned flight region
restricted airspace · prohibited area · exclusion zone · military airspace · sovereign airspace
air corridorshipping lane
Designated ocean travel path
sea lane · railway line · road · underground tunnel · waterway
airy, corridor, aerial, airway, aviation, airfield, airways, corridors, airspace