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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Extreme weather across the country delayed and changed the flight path of wild birds, the main carriers of the virus.
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Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 14 Jan. 2025
But seemingly taking advantage of a fleeting opportunity, one operator also took aim at a solitary Russian soldier—or North Korean, if the engagement took place in western Russia’s Kursk Oblast—marching along a dirt road under the Winchester’s flight path.
—David Axe, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Moving the airport, the airport managers dryly observe, would cost $800 million, more than enough money to buy up all the homes in the flight path and bulldoze them -- including Mar-a- Lago.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
Zoom in: The company's existing fleet of two hybrid drones, which are about 5.5 feet in diameter and weigh just under 100 pounds, will take off from Virginia Key and follow a four-mile flight path along Miami Beach.
—Martin Vassolo, Axios, 29 Nov. 2024
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Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 14 Jan. 2025
But seemingly taking advantage of a fleeting opportunity, one operator also took aim at a solitary Russian soldier—or North Korean, if the engagement took place in western Russia’s Kursk Oblast—marching along a dirt road under the Winchester’s flight path.
—David Axe, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Moving the airport, the airport managers dryly observe, would cost $800 million, more than enough money to buy up all the homes in the flight path and bulldoze them -- including Mar-a- Lago.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
Zoom in: The company's existing fleet of two hybrid drones, which are about 5.5 feet in diameter and weigh just under 100 pounds, will take off from Virginia Key and follow a four-mile flight path along Miami Beach.
—Martin Vassolo, Axios, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Flight path.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flight%20path. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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