flight path
noun
: the path in the air or space made or followed by something (such as a particle, an airplane, or a spacecraft) in flight
Examples of flight path in a Sentence
No other planes were on their flight path.
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The preplanned flight path for Fram2 was also expected to take the crew capsule over Cuba and Panama as the rocket fired the spacecraft toward orbit.
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Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
Noem said disclosing information about the removal flights such as locations of departures and flight paths could endanger U.S. officials, contractors, immigrants and the public.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
The falling debris also forced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to suddenly close a vast tract of airspace along the rocket's flight path.
—Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 3 Mar. 2025
Those included following more precisely the agency’s rules for communicating with pilots, keeping safe distances between aircraft and issuing pilots more specific warnings that another aircraft was close to their flight path or on a potential collision course.
—Emily Steel, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
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Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
Noem said disclosing information about the removal flights such as locations of departures and flight paths could endanger U.S. officials, contractors, immigrants and the public.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
The falling debris also forced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to suddenly close a vast tract of airspace along the rocket's flight path.
—Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 3 Mar. 2025
Those included following more precisely the agency’s rules for communicating with pilots, keeping safe distances between aircraft and issuing pilots more specific warnings that another aircraft was close to their flight path or on a potential collision course.
—Emily Steel, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for flight path
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“Flight path.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flight%20path. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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