flight path

Example Sentences

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Planes continually rumble overhead in Walter Thompson-Hernández’s “If I Go Will They Miss Me,” shot on location at Nickerson Gardens in Watts under the flight path to LAX.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 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

An Indian rocket hit a snag during its launch Monday, forcing a deviation in flight path as it carried an Earth observation satellite and commercial payloads, the country's space agency said.

From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026

They are all concerned about security — especially after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that unidentified drones were spotted near the flight path of his plane during his trip to Dublin last week.

From Salon • Dec. 12, 2025

He walked a fine line filling out the form: making the launch date and flight path clear, while doing everything possible to "conceal state secrets."

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir