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 entire return to flight plan should be complete in late spring or early summer, according to a Marine Corps statement.
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Laura Strickler, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2024
The plane left Mount Sterling, Kentucky, around 7:19 p.m. and was set to arrive at John C. Tune Airport around 7:43 p.m., according to its flight plan.
—Craig Shoup, The Courier-Journal, 7 Mar. 2024
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Laura Strickler, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2024
The plane left Mount Sterling, Kentucky, around 7:19 p.m. and was set to arrive at John C. Tune Airport around 7:43 p.m., according to its flight plan.
—Craig Shoup, The Courier-Journal, 7 Mar. 2024
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“Flight plan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flight%20plan. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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