How to Use flight path in a Sentence

flight path

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  • No other planes were on their flight path.
  • 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
  • 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 reopening is good news for people living under the flight path of the airport’s south runway.
    — Larry Barszewski, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Oct. 2019
  • The plane’s flight path circled before returning to the airport, according a map from flightaware.com.
    — Denver7, The Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2019
  • And even when Russia is technically complying, the timing of its flights and its choice of flight paths are highly concerning.
    — Rebeccah Heinrichs, National Review, 29 Oct. 2019
  • Test flights in December and February closely mimicked the flight path its commercial missions will take.
    — Victoria Cavaliere, CNN, 24 Oct. 2019
  • The committee examined data from the airport, the flight path, radar networks, and alerts and messages from the missile operator and central command.
    — Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2020
  • Peter Weber's been making some interesting choices on his road/flight path to love on this season of The Bachelor.
    — Katherine J Igoe, Marie Claire, 4 Oct. 2019
  • As the airplane descends, Autoland controls speed, altitude and flight path and manages throttles, flaps, cabin pressurization, and more.
    — Eric Tegler, Ars Technica, 13 Nov. 2019
  • Surveillance aircraft may conduct a set number of flights virtually anywhere, as long as their owners give 72 hours’ notice of the mission and a day’s notice of the precise flight path.
    — The Economist, 22 Oct. 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
  • 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
  • Even the pilots were excited, coming out of the cockpit to brief passengers on the flight path.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2024
  • What Boone didn’t expect, however, was the solo homer’s flight path.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 9 May 2024

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