flight path
Airplane's planned course
A flight path is the route an aircraft or spacecraft follows through the air or space.
The term applies both to planned trajectories and actual courses traveled: Air traffic controllers monitor flight paths to prevent collisions.
By extension, anything moving through air—a ball, a bird, a bullet—can have a flight path.
Paved path for planes
- takeoffDeparture or parody
- landingDescent's final moment
- approachWay of handling something
- altitudeMeasured height above reference
airspeed · cockpit · pilot · airliner · turbulence · control tower · air traffic control · glideslope
Regulated overhead flight zone
- sectorDistinct division of whole
- radarRadio-wave object detection
- ATCAviation traffic service
- transponderSignal-activated transmitter
clearance · airway · restricted area · prohibited area · corridor · separation · handoff
Navigation reference location
- GPSSatellite-based location technology
- coursePlanned path forward
- bearingPosture or orientation
- routePath from A to B
chart · heading · fix · checkpoint · radial · inbound · outbound · great circle
Curved line segment
- curveSmooth, angleless line
- angleGeometric measure of rotation
- vectorQuantity with direction
- parabolaSymmetrical open plane curve
orbit · ballistic · climb rate · bank · pitch · yaw · heading · attitude
Planned sequence of destinations
- schedulePlan of timed events
- routePath from A to B
- mappingDiagram of correspondences
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
runway
Paved path for planes
altitude · airspeed · cockpit · pilot · airliner · turbulence · control tower · air traffic control · glideslope · taxiway
airspace
Regulated overhead flight zone
transponder · clearance · airway · restricted area · prohibited area · corridor · separation · handoff
waypoint
Navigation reference location
route · chart · heading · fix · checkpoint · radial · inbound · outbound · great circle
arc
Curved line segment
parabola · orbit · ballistic · climb rate · bank · pitch · yaw · heading · attitude · inclination
itinerary
Planned sequence of destinations
coordination · timetable · dispatch · briefing · gate assignment
- travel routesSilk Road, Route 66, Pacific Coast Highway, trade routes, trade route
- Air Trafficair traffic control, ATC, controller, radar contact, radar tracking
- aviation navigationDME, waypoint, radio beacon, localizer, glide slope
- flightfly, aviation, aircraft, airplane, airplanes
- aerospaceairplane, helicopter, rocket, rockets, spacecraft
- flightsdeparture, arrival, boarding, nonstop, one-way trip
flight pathroad
Vehicle travel surface
highway · roadway · railway · train route · road map
flight pathstandstill
Total cessation of movement
resting place · fixed position · parking spot · anchorage · anchor point
path, flight, flying, pathway, flights, footpath, flighty, flightless, flightiness