: 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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The new moves follow the closure of the helicopter route that was in use at the time of the January 29 midair collision of a US Army Blackhawk helicopter on a training flight and a landing American Airlines regional flight, killing 67 people.
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Pete Muntean, CNN Money, 15 May 2025
The precautionary pause comes in the wake of a deadly January midair collision at Reagan involving another Black Hawk and a commercial jet, which killed 67 people—the worst such U.S. incident in over two decades.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
But even before those problems, aviation was already in the spotlight ever since the deadly midair collision of a passenger jet and a U.S. Army helicopter above Washington, D.C., in January, and a string of other crashes and mishaps since then.
—Josh Funk, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
What has followed has been weeks of chaos and fear over passenger safety, especially months after a fatal midair collision near Ronald Reagan International Airport in Washington, D.C. killed 67 people.
—Vanessa Romo, NPR, 14 May 2025
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Pete Muntean, CNN Money, 15 May 2025
The precautionary pause comes in the wake of a deadly January midair collision at Reagan involving another Black Hawk and a commercial jet, which killed 67 people—the worst such U.S. incident in over two decades.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
But even before those problems, aviation was already in the spotlight ever since the deadly midair collision of a passenger jet and a U.S. Army helicopter above Washington, D.C., in January, and a string of other crashes and mishaps since then.
—Josh Funk, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
What has followed has been weeks of chaos and fear over passenger safety, especially months after a fatal midair collision near Ronald Reagan International Airport in Washington, D.C. killed 67 people.
—Vanessa Romo, NPR, 14 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for midair
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“Midair.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/midair. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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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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