If so, it was traveling at approximately 9.8 meters per second when it hit the ground. Right now you're sitting on a rapidly-spinning Earth. At this very moment you're hurtling around the axis of the Earth at roughly 750 miles per hour. In fact, because of the centrifugal force, the Earth is slightly bulged at the equator and slightly flattened at the poles. We are not capable of distinguishing between the Earth's gravity and centrifugal force.
Air is too light to feel gravity.
On average, the air really is falling. Submit your answer Answer will appear here. The force that counteracts gravity and keeps the air up in the atmosphere is called the vertical pressure gradient force. Imagine an air parcel again, floating in the air. The air pressure at the top of the parcel, pushing it down, is just a little bit weaker than the air pressure at the bottom, pushing it up.