How to Use flight path in a Sentence

flight path

noun
  • No other planes were on their flight path.
  • The wind and the weather, or the flight path of a bird—a bird!
    Paul Yoon, Harper's magazine, 10 Mar. 2019
  • From the meeting spot, the photo group would end up right under the flight path of the cranes.
    Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic, 11 Feb. 2022
  • The noisy planes were not so welcome to the people living along the flight path.
    Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2022
  • An initial search was set up based on the flight path, the pilot's cellphone pings and the Life360 app.
    Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Had everything gone to plan, the flight path would have sat just south of the building.
    Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2023
  • In 2015, the two sides worked out a deal to change a flight path that was a bit too close for Taiwan’s comfort.
    Eryk Michael Smith, Fox News, 4 May 2024
  • It was designed this way to get around the restrictions of the site being on the flight path for LAX.
    Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2022
  • For starters, the MLM is one of the best devices for giving flight path feedback on your shots.
    John Thompson, Men's Health, 20 July 2023
  • It’s also sunk deep into the ground as the venue sits right in the middle of the flight path to LAX, which is about three miles to the west.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The flight path, according to fllightaware.com, showed the plane making the straight shot west from Arizona.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2021
  • Airlines follow flight paths that in some cases date back to the 1930s.
    Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Feb. 2020
  • After liftoff, the rocket will tear past the speed of sound, and near the top of its flight path, will detach from the capsule.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN, 21 Mar. 2022
  • Carbajal told the paper the crew wouldn't have spotted him if their flight path hadn't gone by the camp.
    Alex Sundby, CBS News, 22 July 2021
  • Devitt's house is under a flight path, right near O'Hare.
    Dana Kozlov, CBS News, 18 July 2023
  • Their volatility makes a fruit fly’s flight path seem staid.
    Larry Light, Fortune, 11 May 2022
  • For certain clients, the data revealed flight paths some drones took.
    Wired, 14 Dec. 2019
  • Sainz’s old house was under the flight path from Sky Harbor airport.
    Erin Stone, azcentral, 31 Dec. 2019
  • If all goes to plan, the collision will redirect the space rock and alter its flight path.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2022
  • The new flight path will now loop through Central Indiana from west to east, starting in Terre Haute.
    Holly V. Hays, Indianapolis Star, 29 Apr. 2020
  • Housing remains the main event as to this year’s inflation flight path.
    Sean Hanlon, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Lord, in proud baseball tradition, proceeded to give a play-by-play of the owl's flight path.
    Katie Vogel, Cincinnati.com, 11 Jan. 2018
  • Space, and the flight paths to and through it, was basically uncharted.
    Sarah Scoles, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2017
  • Aubrey, boasting a consistent strike and flight path on his kicks, has emerged as the kicker to beat in training camp.
    Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Commercial drones are programmed to include the location of airports to keep them out of the flight path of planes.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2017
  • Even the pilots were excited, coming out of the cockpit to brief passengers on the flight path.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2024
  • These incidents consist of any instances in which a pilot sees a laser in their flight path.
    Catherine Allen, NBC News, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Unlike a fast top-spin serve or jump serve—both of which follow fairly predictable flight paths—a float serve has no spin.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 14 Nov. 2019
  • The home sits directly underneath several flight paths, according to the news outlet.
    Louis Casiano, Fox News, 15 June 2024
  • These coordinates are stored as flight paths in simulation software on the pilot-in-charge's computer.
    Stephen J. Beard, USA TODAY, 29 June 2024

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