| 1. | Aeronautics. a system of courses about an airfield that aircraft are assigned to fly when taking off, landing, or preparing to land. |
| 2. | any systematic movement of people or vehicles: The kitchen was designed to accommodate the family's traffic pattern. |
| traffic pattern | |
noun | |
| 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" |