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

Israel’s success, clearing the flight path for the U.S.

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Edinburgh and Glasgow airports could see the biggest shake-up of Scotland's airspace since the 1950s under new flight path proposals.

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It is located along a primary flight path for Russia’s Shahed drones and just 43 miles from the border, a distance that the drones take 20 minutes to cover.

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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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