overflying
Crossing through airspace
Overflying is the act of flying over a place without landing there.
Aircraft overfly countries, territories, or restricted zones: The plane was overflying hostile airspace.
Overflight rights—permission to cross a nation's airspace—are negotiated between governments.
The term appears in aviation, military, and diplomatic contexts.
Regulated overhead flight zone
- flightpathAircraft's designated travel corridor
- altitudeMeasured height above reference
- overflightTransit through airspace
- flyoverElevated road crossing
jetstream · transponder · navigation · clearance · routing · waypoint · corridor · cruising
Information-gathering before action
- aerialElevated, or signal-catcher
- dronesUnmanned aerial vehicles
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
- imageryVivid descriptive language
monitoring · observation · intelligence · scanning · tracking · patrol · overflight · spyplane
Supreme independent authority
- airspaceRegulated overhead flight zone
- bordersLines separating regions
- violationBreaking of rules
- permissionGranted right to act
authorization · treaty · diplomatic · restricted · prohibited · incursion · trespass · jurisdiction
Point where paths intersect
- transitMovement between places
- journeyTravel from place to place
- routePath from A to B
- destinationIntended arrival point
connecting · stopover · intercontinental · transatlantic · transpacific · passage · traversing · scenic
airspace
Regulated overhead flight zone
- flightpathAircraft's designated travel corridor
- altitudeMeasured height above reference
- overflightTransit through airspace
flyover · jetstream · transponder · navigation · clearance · routing · waypoint · corridor · cruising · airliner
reconnaissance
Information-gathering before action
imagery · monitoring · observation · intelligence · scanning · tracking · patrol · overflight · spyplane · detection
sovereignty
Supreme independent authority
permission · authorization · treaty · diplomatic · restricted · prohibited · incursion · trespass · jurisdiction · international
crossing
Point where paths intersect
destination · connecting · stopover · intercontinental · transatlantic · transpacific · passage · traversing · scenic · aerial
overflyinglanding
Descent's final moment
touching down · grounding · stopping over · staying put · hovering
overflyinglanding
Descent's final moment
grounding · touching down · descending · taxiing · grounded
fly, flight, flying, flyer, flown, overshoot, overflown, overflew, overflies