How to Use flight path in a Sentence

flight path

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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Extreme weather across the country delayed and changed the flight path of wild birds, the main carriers of the virus.
    — Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 14 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • The instruments ranged from high-tech custom sensors to smartphones on the ground around the SRC’s flight path and landing site.
    — Brian Elbing, Discover Magazine, 11 June 2024
  • It's been a long, convoluted flight path for the water-bombing 747 to get here.
    — Chris Clarke, Popular Mechanics, 12 Aug. 2016
  • Radar images of the two aircraft that crashed over Washington, D.C. on Wednesday evening have revealed their flight paths.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
  • While the chance of debris hitting an aircraft is low, its presence in flight paths could still pose a big enough risk that routes will need to be altered — inconveniencing passengers.
    — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025

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