Definition of overfly in English:
overfly
verboverflies, overflew, overflying, overflown əʊvəˈflʌɪˌoʊvərˈflaɪ
[with object]1Fly over (a place)
Nato is sending a surveillance plane to overfly the city
Example sentencesExamples
- We now understand that helicopters are overflying the Green Zone.
- Please contact Syrian air control and arrange for us permission to overfly Syrian airspace en route to Baghdad.
- The Australian space safety regime has been modelled on the US rules, but has been made even tighter because some of the rockets will have to overfly the Australian mainland.
- The government granted permission for US military aircraft to land and overfly Ireland only on the basis that they are not part of any military operation.
- 1.1 Fly beyond (a place or object)
overfly the radio beacon by approximately 15 seconds
Example sentencesExamples
- Then, continue climbing in the pattern and overfly the runway so you leave the airport with good altitude already in the bank.