空路(くうろ)

くうろ
noun, adverb
air route; by air
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.

FORMATION:
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

PARALLEL TERMS:

  • 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)
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Added 2026.3.29 20:11
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