flight strip

American  

noun

1. Aeronautics.

   1. a strip of cleared land used as an emergency runway for aircraft.

   2. runway.

2. a series of continuous aerial reconnaissance photographs.

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flight strip British  

noun

1. a strip of cleared land used as an emergency runway for aircraft

2. another name for runway

3. a strip of continuous aerial photographs

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Etymology

Origin of flight strip

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

In October, for example, the FAA said it was working to end a long-ridiculed, decades-old practice of air traffic controllers using paper flight strips to keep track of aircraft.

From Reuters

Another innovation adopted around the world is electronic flight strips—critical information about each flight that gets changed on touch screens and passed from one controller to another electronically.

From The Wall Street Journal

Glancing at his flight orders, O'Malley moved leisurely out to the flight strip designated.

From Project Gutenberg

There was nothing but the green slope of the hill and the smooth runways leading to the flight strip.

From Project Gutenberg

It’s also testing a prototype electronic flight-strip system for control towers in Phoenix and uses electronic flight strips instead of paper in en route centers.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• air base
• airfield
• airstrip