How to say "flight" in Japanese

• 飛行ひこうJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbCovers flight as the act or practice of flying through the air, and aviation generally. It is the abstract noun for flying itself, not for a particular scheduled service you might book a ticket on.
  彼女かのじょは初はじめての飛行ひこうにたいへん神経質しんけいしつになっていた。↗

  She was quite nervous about her first flight.
• 便びんJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, noun (suffix)The word for a scheduled flight as a service, e.g. booking or catching a plane; it also covers train trips and ferry sailings. This is what you want when talking about a specific numbered flight.
  ちょっとした事故じこが原因げんいんで、２、３便びんに遅おくれが出でた。↗

  A couple of flights were delayed on account of a minor accident.
• フライトCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbThe loanword for flight, used for the act of flying and for airline flights in everyday speech. It overlaps with 飛行 and 便 and is a natural choice in casual conversation about air travel.
  良よいフライトを！↗

  Have a nice flight.
• 逃走とうそうJLPT N1approx.Common
  suru verb, intransitive verb, no-adjectiveFlight in the sense of fleeing or running away, alongside escape and desertion. For the aviation senses of 'flight' this is seldom the word you want; it belongs to contexts of someone fleeing.
  少年しょうねんがいくらかお金かねを持もって逃走とうそうした。↗

  A boy made off with some money.
• 逃亡とうぼうJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbFlight as escape or running away, often with the image of a fugitive getting away, and it can also mean elopement. Like 逃走, it is not used for airplanes; it belongs to the fleeing sense.
  その少年しょうねんたちは逃亡とうぼうを試こころみたが失敗しっぱいした。↗

  The boy attempted an escape, but failed.

Use 便 for a scheduled airline flight, 飛行 or 「フライト」 for the act of flying, and 逃走 or 逃亡 for fleeing; 「フライト」 is the casual loanword, 逃亡 often implies a criminal's escape.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 飛行ひこうflight
• 便びんflight (e.g. airline flight)
• フライトflight
• 逃走とうそうflight
• 逃亡とうぼうescape
• 脱走だっそうescape
• 逃避とうひescape
• 飛翔ひしょうflight
• 敗走はいそうflight
• 行程こうていjourney
• 運航うんこうoperation (of a ship or aircraft route)
• とびflying
• 航続こうぞくcruising
• 出奔しゅっぽんflight
• 逐電ちくでんflight
• 遁走とんそうflight
• 飛行便ひこうびんflight
• 空の便そらのびんflight (plane)
• 逸走いっそうescape
• 飛揚ひようflying
• 縄抜けなわぬけslipping one's bonds
• 飛距離ひきょりdistance (of a ski jump, baseball hit, etc.)
• 航程こうていdistance covered (by a ship or aircraft)