noon balloon
English edit
Noun edit
noon balloon (plural noon balloons)
- (aviation) A period around midday when an airport has a particularly large amount of air traffic.
- Coordinate term: shoulder
- 1995, Edward C. Welter, GM Means Good Money, page 105:
- We did not have a noon balloon, but when needed I met VIPs at the airport. I chauffeured them between the airport, hotel and the plant.
- 1999, Journal of Aircraft, volume 36, numbers 4-6, page 788:
- The noon balloon was chosen as the basis for the traffic model because during this arrival rush demand exceeds airport capacity and air traffic managers impose time-based metering restrictions […]