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 preplanned flight path for Fram2 was also expected to take the crew capsule over Cuba and Panama as the rocket fired the spacecraft toward orbit. —Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025

Noem said disclosing information about the removal flights such as locations of departures and flight paths could endanger U.S. officials, contractors, immigrants and the public. —Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025

According to Spaceflight Now, three minutes after losing contact, the rocket's self-destruct system activated, causing Starship to explode and scatter flaming debris along its flight path in a dramatic display. —Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025

The flight was the second conducted by SpaceX this year, after the launch of Starship 7 in January along a similar flight path, which also exploded. —William Lambers, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 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