Flyover country

Aerial view of Arkansas, part of "flyover country", as seen by an airline passenger

Flyover country, flyover states, and Flyoverland are Americanisms describing the parts of the United States between the East and the West Coasts. The terms, which are often used pejoratively, refer to the interior regions of the country passed over during transcontinental flights—e.g., flights between the nation's two major urban agglomerations, the Northeastern Megalopolis and Southern California. "Flyover country" thus refers to the part of the country that some Americans only view by air and never actually see in person at ground level.^[1][2]

See also

Related descriptions and terms:

• Middle America
• Heartland
• Hinterland
• Backcountry

• Red states and blue states

Regions and/or groups associated with flyover country:

• I-35 Corridor
• Great Plains

References

Further reading

• de Wit, Cary W. (2007). "Flyover country". In Sisson, Richard; Zacher, Christian K.; Cayton, Andrew Robert Lee. The American Midwest: an interpretive encyclopedia. Indiana University Press. pp. 66–68. ISBN 978-0-253-34886-9. 
• Robertson, David (2004). "FLYOVER COUNTRY". In Wishart, David J. Encyclopedia of the Great Plains. University of Nebraska Press. p. 386. ISBN 978-0-8032-4787-1.