[ noun ] a brief stay in the course of a journey <noun.act> they made a stopover to visit their friends
The plane will return to the United States after a brief layover in Cologne, Germany, Norman said.
Completing the layover meant Runyan was unable to leave McGrath before 4:43 p.m. Wednesday.
Ms. Dornacker said UAL was continuing to deliberately delay the Tokyo-Beijing leg of its regular U.S.-to-Beijing flight by 15 hours to avoid an overnight layover in the capital, fearing the airport might close.
Ms. Killeen's daughter was born June 30 in the lavatory of a Miami-bound airliner during a 45-minute layover at Kansas City International Airport, authorities said.
However, mushers are allowed to use the strategy of declaring a 24-hour layover, then leaving after a couple of hours, in hopes of getting a jump on their competitors.