flight path

Example Sentences

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Rankin explained many of his constituents live under the Heathrow flight path and were worried about aircraft noise as well as traffic congestion.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

To say growing up under the LAX flight path is a complicated experience, there’s so much truth in that.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026

Along the shortest flight path between Moscow and Washington, D.C.—an arc known as the great-circle distance—Greenland sits midway.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Starship’s upper stage reached the highest planned point in its flight path, but it went into a spin on the way down, blowing up over the Indian Ocean.

From Salon • Jan. 12, 2026

He soared up and scared an eagle out of its flight path, then plummeted toward the sea like he was born to fly, pulling out of a nosedive at the last second.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan