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
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No other planes were on their flight path.
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The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after multiple pilots preparing to land at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport received faulty warnings about possible obstacles in their flight paths on Saturday.
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Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
Sweeney posted the flight path that Trump’s plane took from Southern Florida to Texas in November ahead of a SpaceX launch, which for a while hugged the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico instead of tracing a straight line over the body of water.
—Andrew Perez, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2025
The American Eagle plane was descending to land around 9 p.m. when the military chopper was shifting from one flight path to another, a common move often performed in the airspace.
—Melissa Chan, NBC News, 14 Feb. 2025
The military helicopter may have been flying outside its approved flight path, at a higher altitude than it was supposed to be, and at least half a mile off the approved route, theNew York Times reported.
—Ray Sanchez and Chelsea Bailey, CNN, 1 Feb. 2025
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Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
Sweeney posted the flight path that Trump’s plane took from Southern Florida to Texas in November ahead of a SpaceX launch, which for a while hugged the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico instead of tracing a straight line over the body of water.
—Andrew Perez, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2025
The American Eagle plane was descending to land around 9 p.m. when the military chopper was shifting from one flight path to another, a common move often performed in the airspace.
—Melissa Chan, NBC News, 14 Feb. 2025
The military helicopter may have been flying outside its approved flight path, at a higher altitude than it was supposed to be, and at least half a mile off the approved route, theNew York Times reported.
—Ray Sanchez and Chelsea Bailey, CNN, 1 Feb. 2025
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“Flight path.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flight%20path. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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