flight strip

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.

flight strip

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of flight strip¹

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.

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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.

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

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

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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.

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Related Words

• air base 
• airfield 
• airstrip