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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Along Foreman’s flight path, police found a revolver and a semi-automatic pistol, both of which were used to fire at the victims.
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Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2025
There’s also something known as the point of no return, a point in the flight path at which an aircraft can’t safely return to its departure airfield, or divert to other airfields.
—George Petras, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2025
Video shared on social media showed chaos at Moscow's airports after the Ukrainian drone threat disrupted flight paths.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
About 250 residences in areas in the flight path of San Diego International Airport — including Point Loma and Ocean Beach — will be eligible for sound-dampening improvements under a $15 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 July 2025
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Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2025
There’s also something known as the point of no return, a point in the flight path at which an aircraft can’t safely return to its departure airfield, or divert to other airfields.
—George Petras, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2025
Video shared on social media showed chaos at Moscow's airports after the Ukrainian drone threat disrupted flight paths.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
About 250 residences in areas in the flight path of San Diego International Airport — including Point Loma and Ocean Beach — will be eligible for sound-dampening improvements under a $15 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 July 2025
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“Flight path.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flight%20path. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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