altitude

Example Sentences

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The set-up of the two airports puts their planes in the same airspace, with overlapping flight patterns as they land and take off, though they are supposed to fly at different altitudes.

From Los Angeles Times

Most of it takes place in winter, when heavy snowfall pushes snow leopards and their prey to lower altitudes, making their routes easier to track.

From BBC

In mid-May, much of the countryside at higher altitudes was still covered in snow.

From Literature

The drones equipped with the technology were more difficult to intercept as they were flying at low altitudes, resistant to electronic-warfare systems and could be piloted in real-time at long distances, the ministry said.

From The Wall Street Journal

She's got an altitude for this sort of thing.

From BBC