aerophobe

See also: aérophobe

English

Etymology

aero- +‎ -phobe

Noun

aerophobe (plural aerophobes)

1. A person who is afraid of flying.
   • 1972, Cosmopolitan, volume 173, page 106:

     Many aerophobes who fly nonetheless rev up for their ordeal by popping tranquilizers or getting stoned on marijuana at the terminal parking lot or drowning their fears at the airport bars.