空 路(くうろ)

くうろ

noun, adverb

air route; by air

travel transportation

1. air route; airway; flight path

A route used by aircraft for traveling between locations.

新(あたら)しい空路(くうろ)が開設(かいせつ)された。

A new air route was opened.

この空路(くうろ)は需要(じゅよう)が高(たか)い。

This air route has high demand.

国際線(こくさいせん)の空路(くうろ)が台風(たいふう)の影響(えいきょう)で乱(みだ)れている。

International air routes are disrupted due to the typhoon.

2. by air; via air travel

Used adverbially to mean 'by plane' or 'via air,' describing the method of travel.

空路(くうろ)で向(む)かった。

I headed there by air.

荷物(にもつ)は空路(くうろ)で送(おく)る。

The luggage will be sent by air.

被災地(ひさいち)に空路(くうろ)で救援物資(きゅうえんぶっし)が届(とど)けられた。

Relief supplies were delivered to the disaster area by air.

Used both as a noun (air route) and adverbially (by air). Common in news reports about aviation, travel, and logistics.

Forms

空(くう) (sky, air) + 路(ろ) (route, road)

Common collocations

空路(くうろ)で: by air
空路(くうろ)の開設(かいせつ): opening of an air route
空路(くうろ)が乱(みだ)れる: air routes become disrupted
空路(くうろ)を利用(りよう)する: to use the air route

Related words

陸路(りくろ): by land; overland route
海路(かいろ): by sea; sea route
水路(すいろ): waterway
鉄路(てつろ): railway (literary)

Related Words

Related: 陸路(りくろ) (overland route)

Related: 海路(かいろ) (by sea)

Related: 水路(すいろ) (waterway)

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Added 2026.3.29 20:11 · Revised 2026.10.7 15:25

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