flight path

noun

1. the trajectory of a moving aircraft or spacecraft relative to a fixed reference.

flight path

noun

1. the course through the air of an aircraft, rocket, or projectile Compare approach glide path

Word History and Origins

Origin of flight path¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

Recently two staff members watching on monitors tracked the flight path of a small airplane flying itself above northern California, about 40 miles away.

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Civilian parachutes meant that he might free-fall away from the flight path before pulling the rip cord, and this signaled: A tail plane will be useless.

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International Airport flight path and have to contend with both helicopters and the earsplitting sonic reality of jets landing and taking off.

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Experts had previously speculated that birds could have caused the crash, but the report said that "no significant bird activity" was observed in the vicinity of the plane's flight path.

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Although the briefing provided timings for certain events, the map showing the bombers' journey wasn't a specific flight path and differed slightly in two versions presented.

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