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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Separately, Swedish and German forces reported on Sunday that Swedish JAS 39 Gripens and German Eurofighters were scrambled over the South Baltic Sea to identify and monitor a Russian IL-20 reconnaissance aircraft flying in international airspace without a flight plan or radio contact.
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Nina Subkhanberdina, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2025
The jets reportedly flew without a flight plan, had their transponders turned off, and stayed inside Estonian airspace for about 12 minutes before being escorted out.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
The helicopter was in Estonian airspace for around four minutes, the press service of Estonia's Defence Forces said, with its transponder turned off and without a flight plan.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
As of Wednesday at midday, however, there had not yet been any announcements about flight plans.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
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Nina Subkhanberdina, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2025
The jets reportedly flew without a flight plan, had their transponders turned off, and stayed inside Estonian airspace for about 12 minutes before being escorted out.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
The helicopter was in Estonian airspace for around four minutes, the press service of Estonia's Defence Forces said, with its transponder turned off and without a flight plan.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
As of Wednesday at midday, however, there had not yet been any announcements about flight plans.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Flight plan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flight%20plan. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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