> Unless things have changed recently that I'm unaware of, Cherry Point has > always been a Marine Corps Air Station, not Naval Air Station. > That's what I thought, Jose. I wasn't 100% sure so I looked it up on airnav.com. The "operator" of the base is Navy. Looking up on google, I saw that Cherry Point is both a Marine air station and a Naval Air Depot, hence the operator. David R > > 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 > >