flight path
noun
: the path in the air or space made or followed by something (such as a particle, an airplane, or a spacecraft) in flight
Examples of flight path in a Sentence
No other planes were on their flight path.
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But the fatal accident has reignited safety concerns about Montgomery-Gibbs, where so many homes and businesses sit beneath its popular flight paths.
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Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2025
These various platforms would need to have different types of sensors that are specifically designed to track hypersonic threats in different phases of their flight paths.
—Iain Boyd, The Conversation, 22 May 2025
The right engine, which had been on fire, had a broken fan blade and part of the exhaust system broke off and was found in a grassy field alongside I-95, near the flight path.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 21 May 2025
Editors’ Picks Air traffic control is split up by where a plane is in its flight path.
—Terence McGinley, New York Times, 18 May 2025
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Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2025
These various platforms would need to have different types of sensors that are specifically designed to track hypersonic threats in different phases of their flight paths.
—Iain Boyd, The Conversation, 22 May 2025
The right engine, which had been on fire, had a broken fan blade and part of the exhaust system broke off and was found in a grassy field alongside I-95, near the flight path.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 21 May 2025
Editors’ Picks Air traffic control is split up by where a plane is in its flight path.
—Terence McGinley, New York Times, 18 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for flight path
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“Flight path.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flight%20path. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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