air mile
nounDefinition of air mile
: a mile in air travel
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The multi-camera feed will stream 24/7 from the park, about 290 air miles southwest of Anchorage. — Jeff Parrott, Anchorage Daily News, "The Katmai bear cams are back online: Watch the live stream here," 26 June 2019 The authors estimate that an effective range of about 1,100 kilometers would allow electric aircraft to cover 15 percent of the total air miles (and corresponding fuel use) and nearly half the total flights. — John Timmer, Ars Technica, "When will electric airliners make sense?," 14 Dec. 2018 Normally, getting one million air miles would take you a lot of money and uh, a long, long time. — Katherine Lagrave, Condé Nast Traveler, "United Is Giving Away a Million Air Miles," 17 Aug. 2018 About 830 people live in Klawock, which is about 56 air miles west of Ketchikan. — Devin Kelly, Anchorage Daily News, "Man charged with manslaughter, DUI after girlfriend run over by truck on Prince of Wales Island," 4 July 2018 Haines, a fishing and tourist community of about 1,740, is located about 80 air miles (130 kilometers) northwest of Juneau, in southeast Alaska. — Washington Post, "Man’s suicide unearths decades-old sex abuse revelations," 15 Apr. 2018 Nick Baumgardner, Detroit Free Press The podcast is has been racking up those air miles over the past few weeks. — Nick Baumgardner, Detroit Free Press, "The Michigan Rant podcast: The Final Four episode," 27 Mar. 2018 About 1,400 air miles separate the two villages, but through the first 20 minutes of play Saturday, barely a point or two separated these teams. — Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, "Tikigaq wins Alaska’s big dance, then does an Eskimo dance," 18 Mar. 2018 Over the course of eight- to 12-hour expeditions covering up to 2,500 air miles out and back, the flights maintain an average cruising altitude of just 1,500 ft.—and sometimes much lower. — TIME.com, "The Great Crack-Up," 19 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'air mile.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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