English-Dutch translations for airspace

• luchtruim
  We zitten met een overbezet luchtruim, of is het een slecht beheerd luchtruim? We are faced with an overcrowded airspace, or should I say a badly managed airspace?
  Het luchtruim is veilig of het is het niet. Either the airspace is safe or it is not.
  Een daarvan heeft betrekking op de verdeling van het luchtruim. One of them concerns the division of airspace.
• bandbreedte
• zendruimte

Definition of airspace

• A specified portion of the atmosphere, especially that under the technical aviation control and/or jurisdiction of a particular state over which territory it lies
• that part of the sky designated for the sole use of aircraft
• The portion of an enclosed area which contains air, especially breathable air

Synonyms

• territorial
• sky
• jurisdictional
• sky

Examples

• Various European countries transferred the aviation control of their adjoining airspace to Eurocontrol, while each retaining legal jurisdiction
• The legalisation of free radios caused a bitter fight for airspace

Related words

• hairsplitting
• airspeed
• hairspring
• hairsplitter
• hairspray
• airspeed indicator