English Etymology From non- + flight. Noun nonflight (plural nonflights) Something that is not a flight 1988 April 1, Lawrence Bommer, “Amelia Lives!”, in Chicago Reader:With lust for action as its only through line, Amelia's posterlike life runs in a straight line from nonflight to flight to death. 2001, Airways: A Global Review of Commercial Flight - Volume 9, page 57:Following our arrival in Hawai'i, we made a side trip to Maui, sampling the only nonflights of our journey.Remove adsWikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.Remove ads