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

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

Chilean authorities alleged that he was not authorized to land at the airport on King George Island and provided false flight plan data, a press release states. —Liz Kreutz, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2025

However, Guo was arrested on June 28 by authorities and accused of landing in Antarctica without permission and submitting a false flight plan. —Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025

Expenses also jumped at the league level, including the charter flight plan that costs $25 million per year. —Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 8 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1936, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for flight plan

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