midflight

English

Etymology

From mid- +‎ flight.

Adjective

midflight (not comparable)

  1. Occurring in the middle portion of a flight.
    We had a midflight meal.
    • 2024 January 8, Paradise Afshar, Elizabeth Wolfe, Gregory Wallace and Pete Muntean, “New details emerge on piece of Alaska Airlines plane that blew off midflight as investigators probe ‘explosive decompression’”, in CNN‎[1]:
      Federal officials examining the horrifying midflight blowout of part of an Alaska Airlines aircraft’s fuselage are testing the detached piece for clues on what led up to the plane’s “explosive decompression” after the missing piece was discovered in an Oregon backyard.

Adverb

midflight (not comparable)

  1. Occurring in the middle portion of a flight.
    The airplane slats extended midflight.

Noun

midflight (uncountable)

  1. A point in time during flight.
    You can't eject a troublemaker from a plane in midflight!
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