Thepilot730 From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 78 posts, RR: 0 Posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 1350 times:
Does anyone know why this morning there was an Iceland Air B757-200 at JAX. It was parked at the Delta concourse and it seems it was deplaning. Was the flight diverted or was it a refueling stop. Any info would be appreciated.
Tjwgrr From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 2300 posts, RR: 3 Reply 2, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 1292 times:
Must be some sort of charter from Abbotsford, BC
ICE700
Icelandair "Iceair" (Iceland)
Aircraft Boeing 757-200 (twin-jet) [B752/W]
Origin Abbotsford [CYXX]
Destination Jacksonville Int'l [KJAX]
Other flights between these airports
Route YXC J569 GTF J204 DPR J16 FSD J45 ATL
J89 OTK V579 HADDE V198 MONIA
Date Wednesday, Apr 12, 2006
Duration n/a
Status Arrived over 2 hours ago (track log)
Proposed/Assigned Actual/Estimated
Departure 01:55AM PDT
Arrival 06:34PM EDT 09:03AM EDT
Speed 436 kts
Altitude 39000 feet
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Here's another odd one at Abbotsford:
Airline Continental
Flight Number 9971
Departure City (Airport) Abbotsford, BC, Canada (YXX)
Departure Time 04/12/2006 06:07 AM
Arrival City (Airport) Vancouver, BC, Canada (YVR)
Arrival Time 04/12/2006 02:27 AM
Remaining Flight Time 00:00
Aircraft Type Boeing 737-800
Current Altitude 0 feet
Current Groundspeed 0 mph
Flight Status Arrived
Airline Continental
Flight Number 9970
Departure City (Airport) Vancouver, BC, Canada (YVR)
Departure Time 04/12/2006 12:58 AM
Arrival City (Airport) Abbotsford, BC, Canada (YXX)
Arrival Time 04/12/2006 05:16 AM
Remaining Flight Time 00:00
Aircraft Type Boeing 737-800
Current Altitude 0 feet
Current Groundspeed 0 mph
Flight Status Arrived
Direct KNOBS, maintain 2700' until established on the localizer, cleared ILS runway 26 left approach.
C5onknees From United States of America, joined Jun 2005, 153 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 1175 times:
Visityyj From Canada, joined Jun 2000, 519 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 1087 times:
Quoting Tjwgrr (Reply 2): Must be some sort of charter from Abbotsford, BC
Cascade Aerospace is based at YXX. They have a contract for CO mtx, but I wasn't aware of one for Icelandic. Could be a resale though, the Eos 757s came through YXX for pre-delivery work.
OttoPylit From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 5, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 1002 times:
Quoting Thepilot730 (Thread starter): Does anyone know why this morning there was an Iceland Air B757-200 at JAX. It was parked at the Delta concourse and it seems it was deplaning. Was the flight diverted or was it a refueling stop. Any info would be appreciated.
Called down to the ole friends down in Delta JAX and it is apparently a charter that was coming down, but going to ex-NAS Cecil Field. The flight was empty except for crew, but they needed to clear Customs. So the plane landed in JAX, cleared Customs, and then it took off for the 20 mile hop to VQQ.
Now, here is my question. Customs in JAX, IIRC, is mobile. They aren't at the airport all the time. And they are ALSO assigned to VQQ as well. So why couldn't the plane land there and be cleared? Its only the crew, and its not like they have to go through any more metal detectors or anything. They could have done it right there on the ramp at Cecil. Hmph, go figure.
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