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.

Recent Examples on the Web

The trajectory The mission is on a flight path that keeps the spacecraft in Earth's gravitational influence past the moon, then falls back to the planet for splashdown. —Brendan Byrne, NPR, 2 Apr. 2026

The engine on Orion’s service module will perform a translunar injection burn, which is the last major engine firing to send Orion on its figure-eight flight path to the moon, according to NASA. —Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026

In that kind of disaster scenario, the crew capsule separates to save the astronauts, and the rocket self-destructs to avoid risk to people on the ground in its flight path. —Charlie Gile, NBC news, 1 Apr. 2026

That decision will depend on where the astronauts are in their flight path when the issue occurs. —Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1908, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for flight path

• bloodbath
• footpath
• towpath
• warpath
• aftermath
• multipath
• psychopath
• hath
• lath
• math
• rath
• spath

Kids Definition

flight path

noun

: the path in the air or space made or followed by something (as a particle, an airplane, or a spacecraft) in flight