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.

Recent Examples on the Web

Out of view, Artemis II soared to the apogee, or farthest point, in its flight path, and Earth’s gravity began pulling the Orion spacecraft back home. —Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2026

The first burn on April 3 was canceled after flight controllers on the ground determined its trajectory was already on the right flight path. —Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2026

In 2020, a federal judge dismissed a petition from Howard County for the FAA to change some flight paths at the airport due to noise pollution. —Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026

The trajectory The mission is on a flight path that keeps the spacecraft in Earth's gravitational influence past the moon, then falls back to the planet for splashdown. —Brendan Byrne, NPR, 2 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1908, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for flight path

• bloodbath
• footpath
• towpath
• warpath
• aftermath
• multipath
• psychopath
• hath
• lath
• math
• rath
• spath

Kids Definition

flight path

noun

: the path in the air or space made or followed by something (as a particle, an airplane, or a spacecraft) in flight