The phrase "a layover from" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a stop or break in a journey, particularly in the context of travel, where one has a layover between flights.
Example: "I have a layover from New York to London, which gives me a few hours to explore the airport."
Alternatives: "a stopover from" or "a break from".
(He and his wife had allowed themselves two days' respite in New York, on a layover from Tel Aviv, and caught "The Book of Mormon," on Broadway).
Mr. Brown said that Mr. McDonald was aboard Delta Flight 149, on a layover from Las Vegas to England, when he opened the emergency door at around 7 45 p.m., which activated an emergency indicator light in the cockpit.
(He and his wife had allowed themselves two days' respite in New York, on a layover from Tel Aviv, and caught "The Book of Mormon," on Broadway). Now, with an hour left until his lecture, he was concentrating on minutiae and grace: the slow, assured sweep of his gaze across the audience; the way he strode across the stage; the timing of a joke.
Maybe it's a layover from using cordless phones back in the 80s and 90s.
She is a flight attendant on a layover from China, unfamiliar with the currency.
I think that's an evolutionary layover from a time long ago when our ancestors had to stay together at least long enough to raise a single child through infancy as a team.
IF YOU GO A recent search for flights from New York to Mauritius found round trips in April on British Airways with a London layover starting at $1,878 and on Air France with a Paris layover from $2,231.
But then I flew from Bangui to Yaoundé and after a quick layover, from Yaoundé to Paris.
Geoff Ross in Hawaii writes: "I shall be making a long layover (from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m). at Heathrow Airport.
A recent Web search found a LAN Ecuador flight from Kennedy Airport, with a layover in Guayaquil, from $562, for travel in October.
A recent Web search found a Copa Airlines flight from Kennedy Airport, with a layover in Panama City, from about $500 round trip, for travel in May.
