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 Alameda County Health Department, in a letter to the port, said East Oakland residents, many within the airport flight path, are hospitalized or taken to an emergency room for asthma three times more often than people in other parts of Alameda County.
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Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 15 Sep. 2024
The 2028 window that Musk pinpointed for speeding the first humans to Mars would land them in the late summer of 2029, according to NASA scientists who charted these Hohmann flight paths for the next two decades.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
Footage filmed by a thermal observation device with South Korean frontline units showed a projectile spiraling out of control on an irregular flight path, then disintegrating.
—Reuters, NBC News, 28 June 2024
According to the online site Flight Aware, which tracks flight paths, SkyWest Flight 5121 departed from the Joplin Regional Airport at 5:51 a.m. and, after 42 minutes in air, made an emergency landing at the Peoria International Airport in Illinois.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 14 June 2024
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Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 15 Sep. 2024
The 2028 window that Musk pinpointed for speeding the first humans to Mars would land them in the late summer of 2029, according to NASA scientists who charted these Hohmann flight paths for the next two decades.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
Footage filmed by a thermal observation device with South Korean frontline units showed a projectile spiraling out of control on an irregular flight path, then disintegrating.
—Reuters, NBC News, 28 June 2024
According to the online site Flight Aware, which tracks flight paths, SkyWest Flight 5121 departed from the Joplin Regional Airport at 5:51 a.m. and, after 42 minutes in air, made an emergency landing at the Peoria International Airport in Illinois.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 14 June 2024
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“Flight path.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flight%20path. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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