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FLIGHT PATH

Pilot/Controller Glossary with JO 7110.65BB, Change 3, effective July 9, 2026 · Official text on faa.gov

A line, course, or track along which an aircraft is flying or intended to be flown.

See COURSE; TRACK.

In the 7110.65

Used in 25 paragraphs of JO 7110.65BB.

  1. 1-2-2Course Definitions
  2. 2-1-4Operational Priority
  3. 2-1-20Wake Turbulence Cautionary Advisories
  4. 3-9-6Same Runway Separation
  5. 3-9-7Wake Turbulence Separation for Intersection Departures
  6. 3-9-8Intersecting Runway/Intersecting Flight Path Operations
  7. 3-9-9Nonintersecting Converging Runway Operations
  8. 3-10-4Intersecting Runway/Intersecting Flight Path Operations
  9. 4-1-2Exceptions
  10. 4-6-6Holding Flight Path Deviation
  11. 5-4-5Transferring Controller Handoff
  12. 5-4-7Point Out
  13. 5-5-4Minima
  14. 5-6-3Vectors Below Minimum Altitude
  15. 5-8-2Initial Heading
  16. 5-8-5Departures and Arrivals on Parallel or Nonintersecting Diverging Runways
  17. 6-1-4Adjacent Airport Operation
  18. 6-1-5Arrival Minima
  19. 7-4-4Approaches to Multiple Runways
  20. 7-9-3Methods
  21. 8-4-1Application
  22. 8-4-2Separation Methods
  23. 9-1-2Special Handling
  24. 9-2-16Avoidance of Areas of Nuclear Radiation
  25. 13-2-2Conflict Detection and Resolution