fly at

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 • Feb. 6, 2026

Flags will fly at half-mast and Australians are being asked to light a candle in their windows to honour the victims.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025

“The cabin manufacturers didn’t know that they would go near the airports, and the drone makers didn’t know that they would fly at these specific planes,” Maliuk said in emailed comments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

A long-range cruise missile used today by the military—which doesn’t fly at hypersonic speed—might cost $3 million to $4 million apiece.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Up till now, most of their flying had been by day, and unlike the women of the 588th Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, they’d had no training to fly at night.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein