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

Both cases describe much of the same operation, including Cuban intelligence agents who infiltrated Brothers to the Rescue in Miami, gathered information about its aircraft and flight plans and relayed intelligence to authorities in Havana. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026

Cuban Directorate of Intelligence agents operating as part of the Wasp Network in the Miami area and the Florida Keys infiltrated Brothers to the Rescue and reported flight plans, investigator said. — David Fischer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

The flight plan included regular vehicle health checks during the flight. — ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026

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

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1936, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for flight plan

• afghan
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