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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Operators input mission goals on the tablet, and the MATRIX autonomy software generates and executes a flight plan, using onboard sensors and algorithms to navigate safely and avoid obstacles.
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Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025
Without data centers, flights would be grounded (pilots could not get weather info and flight plans would not be available), communication would become rudimentary, payments would stop processing (welcome back, bartering) — even 911, which goes through an online system, would shut down.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
The Florida Marlins beat the New York Mets, setting off a celebration in Milwaukee and a Reds’ flight plan for the West Coast.
—C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
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.
—Nina Subkhanberdina, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2025
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Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025
Without data centers, flights would be grounded (pilots could not get weather info and flight plans would not be available), communication would become rudimentary, payments would stop processing (welcome back, bartering) — even 911, which goes through an online system, would shut down.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
The Florida Marlins beat the New York Mets, setting off a celebration in Milwaukee and a Reds’ flight plan for the West Coast.
—C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
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.
—Nina Subkhanberdina, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2025
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“Flight plan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flight%20plan. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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