How to Use general aviation in a Sentence

general aviation

noun

• The crash scene was about 3 miles south of the general aviation airport.
  — CBS News, 5 Mar. 2024
• Jack Edwards and Punta Gorda both opened around the same time – in the 1940s – and both as general aviation airports.
  — al, 8 Feb. 2020
• Children living near Reid-Hillview, as well as general aviation airports around the US, have seen the lead levels in their blood rise as a result.
  — Michael J. Coren, Quartz, 16 June 2022
• Video from the crash site suggested the plane was a Beechcraft Bonanza general aviation aircraft.
  — Wendy Victora, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2020
• Since 2001, the number of fatal general aviation plane crashes has trended downward in the U.S.
  — Noah Goldbergstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2022
• New research is revealing just how much lead can seep into the lives of children whose homes or schools are near general aviation airports.
  — Quartz, 16 June 2022
• Among private aircraft, or general aviation aircraft, the range is even wider.
  — Eric Adams, Popular Mechanics, 11 Apr. 2021
• Terrafugia intends to get its first flying car to market within the next two years, a winged machine that will require general aviation fields from which to take off and land.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 14 Nov. 2017
• Cable Airport is a public use general aviation airport that was founded by Dewey and Maude Cable in 1945.
  — Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2023
• The bill exempted general aviation from fees by law, and that included business jets.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2018
• That analysis found that more than 300 city pairs can support high-speed commercial and general aviation.
  — Paul Sillers, CNN, 4 Apr. 2022
• Boeing’s large aircraft keep a heavy flight schedule at the airport, which also hosts some private general aviation flying.
  — Ben Mutzabaugh, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2018
• There is also a new $16.8 million general aviation terminal that should open in the coming months, though it has been delayed by construction issues.
  — Dallas News, 12 Oct. 2022
• Given recent events, there should be conversations on how general aviation at North Perry is safe, even safer to the public than drivers in Broward County.
  — Rafael Borrero, sun-sentinel.com, 4 Mar. 2021
• Birchwood is a general aviation airport and an uncontrolled airspace, with no on-site management.
  — Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Feb. 2022
• The airport also houses an entire ramp for general aviation, a museum center, a library, and a shopping plaza.
  — Chris Clarke, Popular Mechanics, 16 Sep. 2016
• Regardless, my estimate is that less than 10% of those new to general aviation will remain in the fold, raising the baseline obtainable market for the industry from this point forward.
  — Brian Foley, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022
• From a legacy perspective, the general aviation industry is 50 years old.
  — Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 20 June 2019
• For over a decade, wary, early-stage investors largely shunned the general aviation sector altogether.
  — Brian Foley, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
• In the air, aviation fuel, the last major fuel to contain lead, is the largest source of airborne lead pollution in the US, exposing 3 million children living near general aviation airports.
  — Michael J. Coren, Quartz, 16 June 2022
• Some fly general aviation aircraft — either small planes or, in some instances, helicopters.
  — Washington Post, 4 June 2019
• Much of that development is in the urban air taxi category and general aviation segments.
  — Josh Petri, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Dec. 2019
• Small piston-engine planes, the types of aircrafts that use aviation gas, are typically found at general aviation airports used for recreation, flight training and air taxi services.
  — Talis Shelbourne, Journal Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2023
• Travelers will not be required to mask in terminal or other airport facilities or at any of the six general aviation airports.
  — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 19 Apr. 2022
• The prices of general aviation (GA) airplanes are unsustainable.
  — Eric Tegler, Forbes, 28 Apr. 2021
• The gallery explores the many facets of general aviation—from sport to business to humanitarian—and introduces the variety of careers available in aviation.
  — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Aug. 2021
• Cessna is a manufacturer of small, general aviation aircraft that can carry a pilot and a few passengers.
  — Dallas News, 28 July 2022
• Many will herald it as progress but the FAA and the aviation industry are warning that 5G signals could interfere with the radar altimeters that airliners, bizjets and general aviation aircraft rely on.
  — Eric Tegler, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2021
• There has also been interest in pushing general aviation and corporate jet traffic south from Dallas Love Field, which is already busy as the nation’s 31st largest commercial ariport.
  — Dallas News, 8 Nov. 2022
• And nearly 5,500 people have died in general aviation, which are typically small planes often operated by amateur pilots.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 24 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Nov 2024