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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Each drone receives a unique flight path from ground control and they are all monitored in flight over a local, encrypted network for maximum safety. —

Caroline Reid, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024 The bureau added that most sightings in the NJ/NY metro area match flight paths of planes in and out of the busy airports of Newark-Liberty, JFK, and LaGuardia. —

Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 16 Dec. 2024 Sadie puts her nose to the air to pick up the scent of the bird's dander left in its flight path. —

Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2024 Sadly, over the past 50 years, North American bird populations dropped by nearly 3 billion, due to habitat loss, climate change, and massive development along their flight paths. —

Bob Hirshon, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for flight path