Unless things have changed recently that I'm unaware of, Cherry Point has always been a Marine Corps Air Station, not Naval Air Station. Jose Prize In a message dated 3/6/2004 7:04:22 PM Eastern Standard Time, damiross2@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: > Subj: Re: More Gander stuff > Date: 3/6/2004 7:04:22 PM Eastern Standard Time > From: damiross2@xxxxxxxxxxx > Reply-to: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent from the Internet > > > > Yes, military charter. Cherry Point is a Navy base. > > In the USA, the vast majority of 3 letter airport codes that begin with the > letter "N" are either Navy or Marine air bases. > > How accurate is this data? It arrived at Gander at 13:06 on 3/6. It > departed at 13:07, also on 3/6. Must be one eluvia great ground crew that > can turn a 747-100 around in only 1 minute! On top of which, it will never > arrive at its destination if it is going to fly at 0 altitude at 0 mph. > > David R > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Travel Pages" <travelpages@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 13:14 > Subject: [AIRLINE] More Gander stuff > > > >Possible military charter? Cherry Point, NC to Ostend, Belgium? > > > >Airline Kalitta Air > >Flight Number 463 > >Departure City (Airport) Gander, NF, Canada (YQX) > >Departure Time 03/06/2004 01:07 PM > >Arrival City (Airport) Ostend, Belgium (EBOS) > >Arrival Time 03/07/2004 12:05 AM > >Remaining Flight Time 04:29 > >Aircraft Type Boeing 747-100 > >Current Altitude 0 feet > >Current Groundspeed 0 mph > >Flight Status > > > >Airline Kalitta Air > >Flight Number 463 > >Departure City (Airport) CHERRY POINT, NC (NKT) > >Departure Time > >Arrival City (Airport) Gander, NF, Canada (YQX) > >Arrival Time 03/06/2004 01:06 PM > >Remaining Flight Time 00:00 > >Aircraft Type Boeing 747-100 > >Current Altitude 0 feet > >Current Groundspeed 0 mph > >Flight Status Landed >