What is the name of the part of a route/path/flight between two consecutive waypoints?
Do "Route leg" or just "Leg" appropriate terms?
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section could also be used: road section: *road section means a part of the public road which is continuous in terms of transportation, and the beginning and end of which are delimited by kilometer markers*; – Mark Johnson Mar 01 '22 at 17:16
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2The idiomatic term to use is leg. Please see Lexico: *3 A section or stage of a journey or process.* – Weather Vane Mar 01 '22 at 17:21
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5Are you asking about aviation terminology? If so, [Aviation.SE] is the better venue for your question. – phoog Mar 01 '22 at 18:07
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@phoog the last time I did that on a similar terminology question, I got close voted, down voted and was told to post on Travel SE. The question was eventually removed: https://aviation.stackexchange.com/q/87689/1400 – Franck Dernoncourt Mar 01 '22 at 19:58
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@FranckDernoncourt I don't have sufficient reputation to see that question. What was the term? Passenger matters are off topic there (including IATA concepts such as "leg" and "segment"), but questions relating to air navigation waypoints, which are generally off topic here (a waypoint is not an airport, notably), are on topic there. – phoog Mar 01 '22 at 20:23
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@phoog https://i.stack.imgur.com/EnpRe.png The question was "What are the definitions of stages and sequences when describing a flight, and how do they compare against leg/portion/sector/segment?" It didn't receive an outstanding welcome on Travel SE either: https://travel.stackexchange.com/q/166280/1810 – Franck Dernoncourt Mar 01 '22 at 23:08
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@phoog I get your point. Makes sense. But I think SE is too fragmented. Eg the OP question could also be asked on one of the two SE websites for learning English. – Franck Dernoncourt Mar 01 '22 at 23:19
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The path which can be travelled between two waypoints (without reference to any specific flight) is an airway or air route or flight path.
When part of the flight plan for a specific flight, it’s a segment or route segment.
Note that segment has different semantics at the flight plan level compared to the use in fare rules and the like.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waypoint calls it a leg or a stage:
[A waypoint] most often refers to coordinates which specify one's position on the globe at the end of each "leg" (stage) of an air flight or sea passage.
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