plane fright

English

Alternative forms

• plane-fright

Etymology

From plane +‎ fright.

Noun

plane fright (uncountable)

1. (rare) Fear of planes, especially fear of air-travel on planes.
   • 1975, Wilfrid Sheed, Muhammad Ali, page 89:

     Ali craves motion (although he used to have drastic plane fright) and during his exile he had to keep going even though there was no place to go, like a retired businessman starting for the office.

   • 1998, Jordan Cray, Dead Man's Hand, page 27:

     By the time we arrived at the hotel, Nick had recovered from his plane-fright.

See also

• aviophobia
• aerophobia