flight path
flight path — noun
1. the planned line an aircraft travels in the sky while going from one place to an
the planned line an aircraft travels in the sky while going from one place to another
The pilot changed the flight path to avoid a storm over Okinawa.
change the flight path to avoid weather
Residents near the airport know each late-night flight path by sound.
flight path near an airport
Air traffic controllers kept two planes on separate flight paths.
After the wildfire spread, helicopters used a safer flight path inland.
The app showed our plane's flight path across the Pacific.
- air route
slightly more formal and often used for scheduled routes between airports
- course
broader term for the direction a vehicle follows; less specific to aviation
- trajectory
more technical; often used for rockets, missiles, or the exact line of movement
文法句型
change the flight path
follow a flight path
be under a flight path
用法筆記
Most often used for aircraft and airport traffic. In technical contexts, it can also describe the route taken by rockets or spacecraft.