flight plan
noun
: a usually written statement (as by a pilot) of the details of an intended flight (as of an airplane or spacecraft) usually filed with an authority
Examples of flight plan in a Sentence
The pilot filed a flight plan before taking off.
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The helicopter was in Estonian airspace for around four minutes, the press service of Estonia's Defence Forces said, with its transponder turned off and without a flight plan.
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David Brennan, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
The statement said that between sunrise and sunset, the no-fly zone would apply except for manned aircraft which had filed a flight plan and had a transponder switched on.
—Brendan Cole
john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
As of Wednesday at midday, however, there had not yet been any announcements about flight plans.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
The uncrewed Starship prototype will follow a similar flight plan to the lastthree missions and aim to complete test objectives left untried during those tests, all of which ended prematurely.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2025
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David Brennan, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
The statement said that between sunrise and sunset, the no-fly zone would apply except for manned aircraft which had filed a flight plan and had a transponder switched on.
—Brendan Cole
john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
As of Wednesday at midday, however, there had not yet been any announcements about flight plans.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
The uncrewed Starship prototype will follow a similar flight plan to the lastthree missions and aim to complete test objectives left untried during those tests, all of which ended prematurely.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for flight plan
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“Flight plan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flight%20plan. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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