Noun

• S: (n) approach path, approach, glide path, glide slope (the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) air lane, flight path, airway, skyway (a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another)
• S: (n) approach path, approach, glide path, glide slope (the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing)
• S: (n) holding pattern (the flight path (usually circular) maintained by an aircraft that is awaiting permission to land)
• part holonym
• S: (n) traffic pattern, approach pattern, pattern (the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport) "the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded"; "they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted"