flight path
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Definition
- Noun:
- A designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another: A predetermined, often controlled, three-dimensional course in the sky used for navigation and air traffic control.
- The path of a rocket or projectile or aircraft through the air: The actual or planned trajectory of any object moving through the atmosphere or space.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- The air traffic controller cleared the plane for a new flight path to avoid the storm.
- Scientists calculated the rocket's flight path to ensure it would reach orbit.
- Due to congestion, our aircraft was assigned a longer flight path.
Advanced Usage
- "To deviate from/alter a flight path": To change course from the planned or assigned route.
- The pilot had to alter the flight path due to unexpected turbulence.
- "To plot/track a flight path": To calculate or monitor the course of an object.
- Engineers plotted the satellite's flight path with great precision.
Variants and Related Words
- Trajectory (n): The path described by a projectile, rocket, or celestial body. Often used more in scientific/ballistic contexts than for commercial aviation.
- The missile's trajectory was tracked by radar.
- Course (n): The direction or route followed, especially over a distance. A more general term.
- The ship changed its course to avoid the iceberg.
- Route (n): A way or course taken in getting from a starting point to a destination. The ground-based equivalent for roads or a general plan for travel.
- The bus route goes through the city center.
Synonyms
- Airway: A designated route in the sky, often synonymous with a controlled flight path for aircraft.
- Track: The actual path followed over the ground.
Related Phrases
- Flight plan (n): A document filed by a pilot with flight authorities detailing the proposed flight path, speed, altitude, and other information for a journey.
- The pilot filed the flight plan before departure.
- Flight corridor (n): A specific, designated region of airspace for flight paths.
- The aircraft must remain within the assigned flight corridor.
Noun
- a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another
- the path of a rocket or projectile or aircraft through the air