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.

Recent Examples on the Web

In an interview with Reuters, Michael O’Leary, Ryanair CEO, said the outage was a repeat of the 2023 shutdown caused by a rogue flight plan. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026

The airline originally made flight plans through January, according to spokeswoman Courtney Goff. — Dj Simmons, Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2026

The flight plan for this week’s mission includes the Raptor restart objective left unaccomplished in May. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 14 July 2026

But a 2-1 loss to Switzerland in its final match in Group A dropped it to second place, changing its flight plans to Los Angeles for Sunday’s game. — Fred Robledo, Oc Register, 28 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1936, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for flight plan

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