flight plan
Pilot's filed route
A flight plan is a document filed with aviation authorities before a flight, detailing the intended route, altitude, departure and arrival times, and aircraft information.
Pilots file flight plans for safety and air traffic control purposes: We filed a flight plan before crossing into Canadian airspace.
Figuratively, any detailed plan for achieving a goal: What's your flight plan for the project?
- airspaceRegulated overhead flight zone
- no-fly zoneBanned flight region
- pilotOne who steers aircraft
- navigationDetermining position and course
- clearancePermitted passage or approval
waypoint · direct route · takeoff · black box · runway · landing · routing · filed · altitude · coordinates · departure · airport · dispatch · air traffic control · arrival · tower · heading · approach
- IFR flyinglocalizer, glide slope, glideslope, minimums, final approach
- flightflying, fly, aviation, aircraft, airplane
- Air Travelboarding, airline, takeoff, landing, departure
- aviation termsradar, tower, runway, landing strip, transponder
- airplane takeoffrunway, liftoff, lift-off, thrust, flaps
- planningplanned, planners, to-do lists, calendars, scheduling
plan, flight, flights, flighty, flightless, flightiness, inflight, flightpath, flightpaths