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.

Recent Examples on the Web

The shortest flight paths from China or Russia to the United States — and the other way — would take many of them over the Arctic region. —John Leicester, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2026

The flight path ensures the safe return of the Artemis 2 crew and Orion, without the possibility of a malfunction stranding them in lunar orbit. —Josh Dinner, Space.com, 17 Jan. 2026

Unlike the Apollo missions that entered low-lunar orbit, Artemis II will use a flight path better suited to Orion’s design and mass. —Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025

At the start of that brief official visit, his first, five military-grade drones loitered dangerously near Dublin Airport’s busiest civilian flight paths unopposed. —Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 30 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1908, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for flight path

• bloodbath
• footpath
• towpath
• warpath
• aftermath
• multipath
• psychopath
• hath
• lath
• math
• rath
• spath

Kids Definition

flight path

noun

: the path in the air or space made or followed by something (as a particle, an airplane, or a spacecraft) in flight