flight plan

American  

noun

1. an oral or written report to an air traffic control facility describing the route of a projected flight.

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flight plan British  

noun

1. a written statement of the details of a proposed aircraft flight

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Etymology

Origin of flight plan

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

Ken Salazar, the U.S. ambassador in Mexico City, has said that the aircraft was not a U.S. government plane and that that no flight plan was submitted in advance.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2024

The Dominican government said he lacked a required flight plan as they closed their country’s airspace with Haiti.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2024

The Civil Aviation Administration of China will roll out its winter and spring season flight plan on Sunday, which will last until March 30, Xinhua said on Friday.

From Reuters • Oct. 28, 2023

He added that "it was a one in 15 million flight plan that we received", meaning the engineers took a few hours to work out a situation they were not familiar with.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2023

The searchers would get government planes and cover both sides of the flight plan filed by the pilot and search until they found him.

From "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen