Definition of flight path
: the path in the air or space made or followed by something (such as a particle, an airplane, or a spacecraft) in flight
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Examples of flight path in a Sentence
No other planes were on their flight path.
Recent Examples of flight path from the Web
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Inglewood Unified was awarded $44 million by Los Angeles International Airport as part of a noise mitigation program for schools in the flight path.
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Zipline operates the entire chain, from the medical worker sending in an order for blood, to locating the right product in its distribution center, programming the flight path into a drone, and launching it.
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The panel’s ruling is significant because a different three-judge panel in August ruled in favor of residents in a dispute over flight paths in Phoenix.
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But sadly, the residents of East Elmhurst, Queens, whose neighborhood is under the flight path, know all too well that Mr. Rothenberg has no need for any special lenses.
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Hypersonic missiles fly into space after launch, but then come down and fly at high speeds on a flight path similar to an airplane.
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This allows the space crafts to carry larger and heavier objects into orbit than would be physically possible with a vertical flight path.
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The airline said the inaugural flight reduced travel time by cutting out stopovers and by taking advantage of favorable winds without having to factor in a midpoint in the Middle East or Asia on its flight path.
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There are two maps following the test space station: a wider view, with Tiangong-1's flight path laid out in dots, and a closer look showing the land and water below the spacecraft at any point.
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First Known Use of flight path
1908
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Definition of flight path for English Language Learners
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: the route that an airplane, spaceship, etc., travels along through the air or space
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