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flight path

American  

noun

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


flight path British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of flight path

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

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Rankin explained many of his constituents live under the Heathrow flight path and were worried about aircraft noise as well as traffic congestion.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

To say growing up under the LAX flight path is a complicated experience, there’s so much truth in that.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026

Along the shortest flight path between Moscow and Washington, D.C.—an arc known as the great-circle distance—Greenland sits midway.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

"Subsequently, there is a deviation observed in the vehicle flight path."

From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026

In my mind, I’ll just reverse the flight path.

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

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