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

In the aftermath, questions emerged about the flight paths of the helicopter and the plane, and whether staffing at Reagan National’s air traffic control contributed to the collision. —Qasim Nauman, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025

Investigators will consider the flight paths and the altitudes, air speeds and angles of both aircraft. —Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2025

And just a day before the fatal collision, another flight approaching Reagan was forced to abort its first landing and go around after a helicopter flew near its flight path, according to air traffic control audio. —Casey Tolan, CNN, 30 Jan. 2025

Loading your audio article SAN CARLOS — An airport on the flight path into San Francisco may lose its air traffic controllers as soon as this weekend following a pay dispute, raising safety concerns on the Peninsula. —Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2025

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