Wiktionary
n. The flight of an aircraft over a particular place; used especially to refer to a flight over foreign or enemy territory
WordNet
n. a flight by an aircraft over a particular area (especially over an area in foreigh territory)
Wikipedia
Overflight may refer to:
- Transiting of civilian aircraft over the territory of a foreign country; see Freedoms_of_the_air#First_freedom, and also Open skies agreements
- Surveillance flight over a foreign country's territory; see Surveillance aircraft and Treaty on Open Skies
- Flypast, a ceremonial flight of military aircraft over a parade ground etc.
Usage examples of "overflight".
Her body heat would register as a giff to any heavyworld overflight of the area.
The Resolution also demanded that all member states deny overflight to such aircraft unless they were authorized by the Security Council or landed and were searched to ensure that there was no contraband on board.
American intercept operators in Turkey had eavesdropped on Soviet radar installations as they tracked the occasional U-2 overflight.
But I think we must meet soon and discuss the rules under which your overflights for Mapping and Exploring are permitted.
Darkover is an Empire colony and while we will not interfere with the self-determination of your people, we do not admit that these overflights come under your jurisdiction to protest.
They've made four overflights of the island, just to let us know that they can do it.
How about sending a message to the Russian admiral asking him to curtail his overflights until we get this worked out a little better?
Our reports for the past five hours show no American fighter aircraft overflights of the village.
Balloon overflights were then replaced by high-altitude aircraft, such as the U-2, which in turn were largely replaced by reconnaissance satellites.
I've had men over there on the ground and I've had overflights made at night—like this one.
Normally, the coded alert was concerned with accidents, launchings, overflights, or malfunctions that could lead to war with the Soviet Union.
The carrier's automated point defense was on and random overflights of the area would be dangerous.
Such overflights are a common means of testing a potential adversary's readiness, and the United States had more than its fair share of penetrations, and feints at penetration, of Soviet air space.
The Domination had its own turbojets and scramjets, but simply attached less importance to haste, and neither of the Powers allowed overflights by aircraft of the other.