flight plan
noun
: a usually written statement (as by a pilot) of the details of an intended flight (as of an airplane or spacecraft) usually filed with an authority
Examples of flight plan in a Sentence
The pilot filed a flight plan before taking off.
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According to Flight Aware, per WTVF in Nashville, Tenn., the flight plan for the plane was not a public record.
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Denise Petski, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2025
What To Know The Russian aircraft spotted on December 23 was flying in international airspace from Moscow's mainland to Kaliningrad Oblast without a flight plan, according to the Ukrainian newspaper.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
The flight plan called for the upper stage to deploy 10 dummy satellites about 17.5 minutes after liftoff and splash down in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Western Australia 50 minutes later.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 17 Jan. 2025
The schedule for the Artemis III lunar landing in 2026 seems completely unrealistic, which has prompted NASA officials to consider revamping the flight plan for Artemis III to have an Orion crew capsule dock with Starship in low-Earth orbit.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 20 May 2024
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Denise Petski, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2025
What To Know The Russian aircraft spotted on December 23 was flying in international airspace from Moscow's mainland to Kaliningrad Oblast without a flight plan, according to the Ukrainian newspaper.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
The flight plan called for the upper stage to deploy 10 dummy satellites about 17.5 minutes after liftoff and splash down in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Western Australia 50 minutes later.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 17 Jan. 2025
The schedule for the Artemis III lunar landing in 2026 seems completely unrealistic, which has prompted NASA officials to consider revamping the flight plan for Artemis III to have an Orion crew capsule dock with Starship in low-Earth orbit.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 20 May 2024
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“Flight plan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flight%20plan. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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