flight path
noun
: the path in the air or space made or followed by something (such as a particle, an airplane, or a spacecraft) in flight
Examples of flight path in a Sentence
No other planes were on their flight path.
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Drones are commonly used by airports worldwide to scare away flocks of birds in a plane’s flight path, experts say.
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Jin Yu Young, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Not only are the North and South Poles invisible to astronauts on the International Space Station, but to see them from a spacecraft requires a flight path that isn't as close to the equator, as is the norm.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
Three minutes after that, the rocket's self-destruct system triggered an explosion that broke the Starship apart, producing a spectacular shower of flaming debris that rained down along the flight path.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2025
With the Fiji Airways new flight path, North Americans are now just one stop away from two South Pacific icons and an entirely new way to experience Australia.
—Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
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Jin Yu Young, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Not only are the North and South Poles invisible to astronauts on the International Space Station, but to see them from a spacecraft requires a flight path that isn't as close to the equator, as is the norm.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
Three minutes after that, the rocket's self-destruct system triggered an explosion that broke the Starship apart, producing a spectacular shower of flaming debris that rained down along the flight path.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2025
With the Fiji Airways new flight path, North Americans are now just one stop away from two South Pacific icons and an entirely new way to experience Australia.
—Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
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“Flight path.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flight%20path. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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