flight envelope

noun

An aircraft's design capabilities in terms of airspeed, altitude, etc.

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Meanings

nounflight envelope (plural flight envelopes)

plural flight envelopes

  1. An aircraft's design capabilities in terms of airspeed, altitude, etc.

Translations

Finnish lentoalue
  • lentoalueaircraft's design capabilities
German Flugenveloppe, Flugbereichsgrenze
  • Flugenveloppeaircraft's design capabilities
  • Flugbereichsgrenzeaircraft's design capabilities
Cite this entry
APA

flight envelope. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flight%20envelope

MLA

“flight envelope.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flight%20envelope. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flight envelope,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flight%20envelope.

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