The phrase "air distance" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English.
It refers to the distance between two points measured in a straight line, ignoring any terrain or obstacles and accounting for the curvature of the Earth. Example: The air distance between New York and London is approximately 3,450 miles.
Cities like Paris, London or Berlin are all located much closer to North Korea than Washington D.C., although air distance is not necessarily all equal when it comes to the path of missiles.
The order and clarity rather than the classical apparatus of Italy survive, and Wilson's exact and tranquil recording of clear or suffused air, distance, and varied lights predominates, as in his famed Snowdon from Llyn Nantlle.
The security agents at the airport serving the nation's capital--bare seconds of air distance from Capitol Hill, the Pentagon, the White House--did not feel entitled to check the identities of veiled women.
The air distance to Båtsfjord airport is only 39 km, so some suggested a combined airport, but the road distance is 91 km, needing 1½ hour, and road is prone to snow storms in winter.
Grand Teton National Park is more than 100 mile air distance from any major urban or industrial area, and localized human activities have generally had a very low environmental impact on the surrounding region.
Except for the industrial harbour there are no industrial emission sites and the nearest town is more than 50 kilometres air distance to the south.
But as measured in air distances, those rescue bases are closer to the Equator than to the North Pole.
With direct air distances from Edmonton to places such as London in Europe being shorter than to other main airports in western North America, Edmonton Airports is working to establish a major container shipping hub called Port Alberta.
In wet weather it's all silence and salty air, space and distance, the rain like metal curtains over the sea.
(B ) Conical whisker swept past the texture at four distances: Free air, push distance d p = 0.33 mm, 1.5 mm and 4.5 mm.
He batted at air, gauging distance and reach.
