flight path

1. 1.

   the path of a rocket or projectile or aircraft through the air

   Broaderpath
2. 2.

   a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another

   Synonymsair laneairwayskyway

   Broaderpath

   Narrowerapproach pathholding pattern

Questions about flight path

What does flight path mean?

flight path means "the path of a rocket or projectile or aircraft through the air". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for flight path?

Close synonyms include air lane, airway, skyway. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is flight path a common word?

flight path is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.