Did Notre Dame take a bus ride over to Chicago and back?

piedmontf284000 wrote:

Carolina Panthers DAL8860, B763
New Orleans Saints UAL2541, B772
Arizona Cardinals GTI8058, B744
New York Jets UAL2534, B772
Miami Dolphins GTI8046, B744
Seattle Seahawks DAL8868, B763
Washington Football Team UAL2533, B772
Chicago Bears UAL2539, B753
Baltimore Ravens GTI8054, B744
Indianapolis Colts DAL8864, B763
Los Angeles Chargers DAL8865, B763
Atlanta Falcons DAL8858, B763
Cincinnati Bengals DAL 8661 B763
Tampa Bay Buccaneers DAL8869, A333
Green Bay Packers DAL8863, A333
Seattle Seahawks DAL8868, B763
Philadelphia Eagles AAL9745, B788

Above are the charters for the NFL teams this week. All of them, sans the Chicago Bears, have a widebody. My question is, why do the NFL teams get a widebody, but seemingly have less personnel to send to games. College teams have a larger roster, more coaches and trainers, cheer squad, and many times some wealthy boosters or the band are allowed to travel with the team. I am quite astonished to see some college teams travelling cross country on a A320 or 737, especially considering the size of some of the players. Do the airlines charge more to the NFL teams? Do NFL teams request widebodies? Or is it the same price for all football team and the airline makes the decision on what equipment to send to pick them up?

FYI, there's a seperate thread for NFL Charters:

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1463539

Filling in what I didn't see above from this week

UNLV returning home from Fresno St:

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAY ... /KFAT/KLAS

Iowa St returning home from Baylor:

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAY ... /KACT/KDSM

KS St returning back from OK st:

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL ... /KSWO/KMHK

UTSA returning home from Memphis:

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAY ... /KMEM/KSAT

This looks like Oregon St's flight down to play USC, but I can't find return flight info:

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/ASA ... /KEUG/KLAX

New Hampshire returning home from Pittsburgh:

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAY ... /KPIT/KPSM

Boise St after beating Utah St:

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SCX ... /KLGU/KBOI

Brianpr3 wrote:

Did Notre Dame take a bus ride over to Chicago and back?

Most likely. South Bend to downtown Chicago can take as little as 90 minutes (though traffic can be really bad on I-80 between NW IN and I-294 in IL). Looks like Wisconsin drove from Madison, that's only about a 2.5 hour drive.

Looks like Hawaii did charter Hawaiian to fly them all the way back to HNL after flying into PHX on HA and chartering WN to ELP. Aircraft operated a revenue flight for HA to OAK, ferried to ELP, and flew ELP-OAK-HNL as a charter with a fuel stop in OAK for Hawaii: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/HAL ... /KELP/KOAK

LittleFokker wrote:

Brianpr3 wrote:

Did Notre Dame take a bus ride over to Chicago and back?

Most likely. South Bend to downtown Chicago can take as little as 90 minutes (though traffic can be really bad on I-80 between NW IN and I-294 in IL). Looks like Wisconsin drove from Madison, that's only about a 2.5 hour drive.

Makes absolute sense that ND would drive to chicago from South Bend.. You'd spend more time driving to South Bend airport getting on the charter flying unloading in Chicago (and driving to the team hotel) than it would take to drive from south bend directly to the team hotel in Chicago... It would be the equivalent to the New York Jets flying EWR-PHL for a game in Philly.

It is my understanding that the iAero 737-400 went tech in Tallahassee so a 737-800 was ferried up from Miami to take Louisville back home.

gdavis003 wrote:

Looks like Hawaii did charter Hawaiian to fly them all the way back to HNL after flying into PHX on HA and chartering WN to ELP. Aircraft operated a revenue flight for HA to OAK, ferried to ELP, and flew ELP-OAK-HNL as a charter with a fuel stop in OAK for Hawaii: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/HAL ... /KELP/KOAK

A21Ns have an approximate range of 3500nmi. The distance between ELP and HNL is 2803nmi. Wouldn't that enable the charter to bypass OAK completely? I am not a pilot so I'm assuming you don't want to practically risk running on empty in the middle of the Pacific given that weight, wind resistance, jet stream, etc., can vary and could affect fuel consumption. Am I correct?

HanCholo wrote:

gdavis003 wrote:

Looks like Hawaii did charter Hawaiian to fly them all the way back to HNL after flying into PHX on HA and chartering WN to ELP. Aircraft operated a revenue flight for HA to OAK, ferried to ELP, and flew ELP-OAK-HNL as a charter with a fuel stop in OAK for Hawaii: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/HAL ... /KELP/KOAK

A21Ns have an approximate range of 3500nmi. The distance between ELP and HNL is 2803nmi. Wouldn't that enable the charter to bypass OAK completely? I am not a pilot so I'm assuming you don't want to practically risk running on empty in the middle of the Pacific given that weight, wind resistance, jet stream, etc., can vary and could affect fuel consumption. Am I correct?

There might be other factors in play. Football teams tend to travel with a fair amount of cargo (player's leisure bags, uniforms and pads, practice equipment, etc), so it's not just the weight of the personnel to be considered. We're starting to enter the time of the year where winds get stronger, and going westbound, you're flying into the wind. ELP is approx 4,000 ft above sea level and is a desert climate - if it's a hot day, may not be able to get MTOW out of there. If HA promised a nonstop and was unable to deliver, that could be logistically challenging trying to coordinate a fuel stop and staying within crew legalities at the last minute, not to mention inconveniencing the customer. Probably better to plan the tech stop ahead of time than take the risk.

Today and Tomorrow - Virginia flew down to FLL today on Sun Country for their matchup with Miami tonight: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SCX ... /KCHO/KFLL

Houston onboard a United 738 over to TUL tomorrow to face Tulsa: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL ... /KIAH/KTUL
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Friday - Arkansas will have to fly into ATL instead of AHN for the trip to UGA due to their partnership with United and the runway length at AHN, they’re onboard a UA 737-900 over to ATL: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL ... /KXNA/KATL

Michigan is onboard a Delta 757-200 out of DTW over to MSN to face Wisconsin: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL ... /KDTW/KMSN

Tennessee will ditch the 757-200 for a Delta A321 this weekend for the flight over to STL, instead of COU due to runway construction, to face Mizzou: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL ... /KTYS/KSTL

Pitt will be on a Delta 737-900 down to ATL to face Georgia Tech: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL ... /KPIT/KATL

USC on a United 757-300 up to DEN to face Colorado: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL ... /KLAX/KDEN

FlightAware isn’t showing the intermediary leg, which will fly the team, but Auburn will fly out of CSG on a Delta 737-800 over to LFT for LSU. Aircraft will ferry to BTR after the game. I’m guessing that this is due to hotel options in Baton Rouge post-hurricane: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL8892

gdavis003 wrote:

Tennessee will ditch the 757-200 for a Delta A321 this weekend for the flight over to STL, instead of COU due to runway construction, to face Mizzou: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL ... /KTYS/KSTL

Thanks for filling in the Mizzou vs. Tenn update for me; at least now I don't have to waste my trip time to the airport just to plane-spot the visiting team's charter plane that won't arrive at my home town's airport!

Indiana at Penn State on a UA 739

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N39 ... /KBMG/KUNV

gdavis003 wrote:

Today and Tomorrow - Virginia flew down to FLL today on Sun Country for their matchup with Miami tonight: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SCX ... /KCHO/KFLL

Houston onboard a United 738 over to TUL tomorrow to face Tulsa: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL ... /KIAH/KTUL
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Friday - Arkansas will have to fly into ATL instead of AHN for the trip to UGA due to their partnership with United and the runway length at AHN, they’re onboard a UA 737-900 over to ATL: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL ... /KXNA/KATL

Michigan is onboard a Delta 757-200 out of DTW over to MSN to face Wisconsin: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL ... /KDTW/KMSN

Tennessee will ditch the 757-200 for a Delta A321 this weekend for the flight over to STL, instead of COU due to runway construction, to face Mizzou: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL ... /KTYS/KSTL

Pitt will be on a Delta 737-900 down to ATL to face Georgia Tech: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL ... /KPIT/KATL

USC on a United 757-300 up to DEN to face Colorado: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL ... /KLAX/KDEN

FlightAware isn’t showing the intermediary leg, which will fly the team, but Auburn will fly out of CSG on a Delta 737-800 over to LFT for LSU. Aircraft will ferry to BTR after the game. I’m guessing that this is due to hotel options in Baton Rouge post-hurricane: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL8892

I wonder what aircraft equipment ODU will use to fly out of ORF to ELP tomorrow? They play Saturday at the Sun Bowl against UTEP.

Iowa at Maryland:

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAY ... /KCID/KBWI

Pittsburgh at Georgia Tech:

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL ... /KPIT/KATL

USC at Colorado:

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL ... /KLAX/KDEN

Oklahoma at Kansas St:

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL ... /KOKC/KMHK

Ohio St at Rutgers:

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL ... /KCMH/KEWR

Texas Tech at West Virginia:

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL ... /KLBB/KCKB

Nevada at Boise St:

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/JBU ... /KRNO/KBOI

Florida at Kentucky:

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL ... /KGNV/KLEX

Indiana at Penn St:

Is this W. Mich vs Buffalo? Off they would fly into SYR unless G4 gave them an offer they couldn't refuse to avoid ferrying the aircraft from BUF

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAY4200

krolt767 wrote:

Is this W. Mich vs Buffalo? Off they would fly into SYR unless G4 gave them an offer they couldn't refuse to avoid ferrying the aircraft from BUF

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAY4200

Not totally sure. I’ll do a big recap later today and will dig through to see what their deal is for today. After a cursory check at AZO, it looks like an iAero 737-300 ferried to AZO last night, which is the airport WMU usually uses, so they might be on that 737 to BUF later today.

Forgot to add the flight on Indiana at Penn St:

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL ... /KBMG/KUNV

WKU on their usual Allegiant A320 for their trip up to East Lansing to face Michigan State

BWG-LAN on N297NV as G44455
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAY4 ... /KBWG/KLAN

Louisville on a GlobalX A321 to GSO to face Wake Forest

SDF-GSO on N277GX as GXA641
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/GXA6 ... /KSDF/KGSO

Yesterday:
Iowa was on Allegiant yesterday over to BWI to face Maryland today: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAY ... /KCID/KBWI
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Today:
Indeed, it looks like Western Michigan is on the iAero 737-300 that ferried up to AZO last night for the flight over to Buffalo (seems like it was just a ferry from GRR to SYR for the Syracuse flight): https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SWQ ... /KAZO/KBUF

Charlotte is flying on Allegiant out of JQF over to CMI to face Illinois: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAY ... /KJQF/KCMI

Toledo is en route to BAF on Allegiant for tomorrow’s matchup with UMass: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAY ... /KTOL/KBAF

Texas with the short hop on a United 737-900 over to FTW to face TCU for a big rivalry: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL ... /KAUS/KFTW

Memphis is on Allegiant up to PHL to face Temple tomorrow: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAY ... /KMEM/KPHL

UL Monroe over to MYR on Sun Country to face a dangerous Coastal Carolina team: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SCX ... /KMLU/KMYR

Syracuse is headed down to TLH on Allegiant to face FSU: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAY ... /KSYR/KTLH

Texas Tech with a long flight over to CKB to face West Virginia onboard a United 737-900: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL ... /KLBB/KCKB

UCF is on Allegiant for the flight up to BWI to face Navy: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAY ... /KSFB/KBWI

Tulane is on Sun Country out of NOLA and over to PGV to face ECU: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SCX ... /KMSY/KPGV

Nevada is on a JetBlue A320 up to BOI to face Boise State: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/JBU ... /KRNO/KBOI

USF is headed over to DAL on Sun Country to face SMU: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SCX ... /KTPA/KDAL

Hail State is on Southwest today from GTR to CLL to face A&M: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SWA ... /KGTR/KCLL

Baylor up to OKC on a United 737-900 to face Oklahoma State:https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL2516/history/20211001/1940Z/KACT/KOKC

Hugh Freeze and Liberty are headed down to BHM on Allegiant to face UAB at their brand new stadium, quite monumental for a team that got rid of their program a few years back: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAY ... /KLYH/KBHM

Boston College is en route to GSP on a JetBlue A321 to face Clemson, looks like Republic on behalf of United is also operating an E175 on BOS-GSP today as a revenue flight for fans: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/JBU ... /KBOS/KGSP

UConn is also on a JetBlue A321 down to BNA to face Vandy. The charter probably costs more than the ticket revenue generated for this matchup of two terrible teams: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/JBU ... /KBDL/KBNA

Old Dominion is on Allegiant for a very long flight over to ELP to face UTEP: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAY ... /KORF/KELP

Arizona State on an American A321 over to BUR to face UCLA (this is really the only college team that does their charters on American, which I find interesting): https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL ... /KPHX/KBUR

Sun Country is the ride for NM State up to SJC to face San Jose State: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SCX ... /KELP/KSJC

Quick flight for Air Force down to ABQ to face New Mexico on Sun Country: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SCX ... /KMLU/KRDU

Louisiana Tech is on Sun Country up to RDU to face NC State:https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SCX8607/history/20211001/1700Z/KMLU/KRDU

I don’t see any charter for University of Cincinnati to South Bend for the Notre Dame
game. That is almost a 5 hour drive. Seems a bit far.

FCS Action!

Gardner Webb flew up to ACY on a GlobalX A320 to face Monmouth: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/GXA ... /KCLT/KACY

Duquesne on an iAero 737-800 over to MHT to face Merrimack: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SWQ ... /KPIT/KMHT

Tarleton State is flying out of Abilene over to LEX on Allegiant to face Eastern Kentucky: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAY ... /KABI/KLEX

Northern Colorado on Allegiant up to BZN to face Montana State: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAY ... /KFNL/KBZN

Indiana State was on Sun Country over to SUX to face South Dakota: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SCX ... /KHUF/KSUX

Idaho State is headed down to Flagstaff on Allegiant to face Northern Arizona: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAY ... /KPIH/KFLG

North Carolina Central flew over to JAN on Allegiant this morning to face Mississippi Valley State in Itta Bena: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAY ... /KRDU/KJAN

St. Thomas Minnesota on their way to San Diego to face the Torreros onboard Sun Country: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SCX ... /KMSP/KSAN

Youngstown State is on Allegiant this time, not Southwest, for the trip over to ALO to face Northern Iowa: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAY ... /KYNG/KALO

Campbell flew over to MSL on Allegiant to face North Alabama: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAY ... /KRDU/KMSL

krolt767 wrote:

Is this W. Mich vs Buffalo? Off they would fly into SYR unless G4 gave them an offer they couldn't refuse to avoid ferrying the aircraft from BUF

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAY4200

Thats a Repo flight, the a/c is based in GRR and flew Cuse down to TLH for FSU https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAY ... /KSYR/KTLH

There are 3 UA Express flights I assume related to the Arkansas game coming in to XNA from AHN on Saturday night.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/ASH ... /KAHN/KXNA
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/ASH ... /KAHN/KXNA
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UCA ... /KAHN/KXNA

First two are 170s and third is a 145.

jetskipper wrote:

I don’t see any charter for University of Cincinnati to South Bend for the Notre Dame
game. That is almost a 5 hour drive. Seems a bit far.

6 hours give or take is typically the limit for the big schools, a little bit further for the smaller ones.

jb1087xna wrote:

There are 3 UA Express flights I assume related to the Arkansas game coming in to XNA from AHN on Saturday night.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/ASH ... /KAHN/KXNA
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/ASH ... /KAHN/KXNA
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UCA ... /KAHN/KXNA

First two are 170s and third is a 145.

That’s quite interesting. I guess they’re going to fly back to Arkansas on a bunch of RJs, so that they can leave Athens quicker than headed back to Atlanta to catch a charter back home. Can’t do 717s out of AHN because of the contract with United

gdavis003 wrote:

jb1087xna wrote:

There are 3 UA Express flights I assume related to the Arkansas game coming in to XNA from AHN on Saturday night.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/ASH ... /KAHN/KXNA
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/ASH ... /KAHN/KXNA
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UCA ... /KAHN/KXNA

First two are 170s and third is a 145.

That’s quite interesting. I guess they’re going to fly back to Arkansas on a bunch of RJs, so that they can leave Athens quicker than headed back to Atlanta to catch a charter back home. Can’t do 717s out of AHN because of the contract with United

Ah I didn't think about them wanting to get home faster, win or lose. Going to be rough for those guys in the third one which is both last and a 145 at that.

jb1087xna wrote:

gdavis003 wrote:

jb1087xna wrote:

There are 3 UA Express flights I assume related to the Arkansas game coming in to XNA from AHN on Saturday night.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/ASH ... /KAHN/KXNA
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/ASH ... /KAHN/KXNA
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UCA ... /KAHN/KXNA

First two are 170s and third is a 145.

That’s quite interesting. I guess they’re going to fly back to Arkansas on a bunch of RJs, so that they can leave Athens quicker than headed back to Atlanta to catch a charter back home. Can’t do 717s out of AHN because of the contract with United

Ah I didn't think about them wanting to get home faster, win or lose. Going to be rough for those guys in the third one which is both last and a 145 at that.

Yeah, that will not be a fun ride. Will have to put the special teams unit on the 145 haha. Good thinking to get out of Athens quickly on United's part though, I can't remember the last time I remember a team using RJs to get out of AHN quickly post-game.

gdavis003 wrote:

Today and Tomorrow - Virginia flew down to FLL today on Sun Country for their matchup with Miami tonight: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SCX ... /KCHO/KFLL

This one flew right over my home! I even got a pic as it passed by (nowhere near a.net quality). I was wondering about the flight number, now I know.

Leftover flights from today that haven’t been covered so far (was surprised to not see Cincy fly, especially for such a big matchup even though the distance isn’t terribly long):

Minnesota on the usual Sun Country flight down to LAF to face Purdue: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SCX ... /KMSP/KLAF

Oregon flew down to SJC on Alaska to face Stanford tomorrow: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/ASA ... /KEUG/KSJC

Arkansas State flew over to AGS (not SAV, somewhat surprisingly) on a JetBlue A320 to face Georgia Southern tomorrow: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/JBU ... /KMEM/KAGS

Washington State flew down to OAK on Alaska to face Cal: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/ASA ... /KPUW/KOAK

UNLV flew over to SAT on Allegiant to face UTSA tomorrow: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAY ... /KLAS/KSAT

Southern Miss with a pretty quick hop over to Houston on Allegiant to face Rice: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAY ... /KPIB/KHOU

Marshall took a quick trip down to Smyrna on Sun Country to face MTSU: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SCX ... /KHTS/KMQY

Washington flew out of BFI down to EUG on Alaska to face Oregon State: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/ASA ... /KBFI/KEUG

An Alaska 737-900 just landed at FAT, and my guess is that it is about to take Fresno State to HNL to face Hawaii. Not sure about that, but we will see soon. Nothing filed yet.

Idaho flew down to SMF on Sun Country out of PUW to face UC Davis: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SCX ... /KPUW/KSMF

Dixie State flew on Allegiant over to FSD to face South Dakota State: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAY ... /KSGU/KFSD

JMU flew over to PSM on Allegiant to face UNH: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAY ... /KSHD/KPSM

gdavis003 wrote:

An Alaska 737-900 just landed at FAT, and my guess is that it is about to take Fresno State to HNL to face Hawaii. Not sure about that, but we will see soon. Nothing filed yet.

You are correct:

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/ASA ... /KFAT/PHNL

I'm tracking the upcoming Mizzou homecoming game's opponent, North Texas, which is based in the DFW metroplex; I have found an unusual and rare WN B737 that flew to COU from DAL this morning and highly doubt that this is the North Texas charter, as today is Monday and too early for this week; will check for any later charters for North Texas in the coming days this week.

Here is the tracking information about this unusual WN 737 flight to COU (though I would like to see WN fly to COU for regular service someday!):
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SWA ... /KDAL/KCOU

Don't want to go off topic, but upon looking at flightradar24.com and confirming it on FlightAware, it is the WN B737 that was recently painted in Walt Disney World 50th Anniversary livery (N954WN):
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N95 ... /KDAL/KCOU

A missed opportunity for a plane spotting of this aircraft in a rare livery like this!

Anyone know what Wake Forest usually uses?

fsx98 wrote:

I'm tracking the upcoming Mizzou homecoming game's opponent, North Texas, which is based in the DFW metroplex; I have found an unusual and rare WN B737 that flew to COU from DAL this morning and highly doubt that this is the North Texas charter, as today is Monday and too early for this week; will check for any later charters for North Texas in the coming days this week.

Here is the tracking information about this unusual WN 737 flight to COU (though I would like to see WN fly to COU for regular service someday!):
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SWA ... /KDAL/KCOU

Don't want to go off topic, but upon looking at flightradar24.com and confirming it on FlightAware, it is the WN B737 that was recently painted in Walt Disney World 50th Anniversary livery (N954WN):
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N95 ... /KDAL/KCOU

A missed opportunity for a plane spotting of this aircraft in a rare livery like this!

North Texas was on Allegiant for every road game that required a flight last year, so I anticipate that is what they will be on for Mizzou game, although as we’ve noted earlier, runway construction might mean they don’t fly into COU.

I suspect that N954WN was likely there for an ICE flight or military movement, was more likely than not government related. The ferry from DAL was the 86** number, and then, it operated whatever charter it was operating to LRD under a 74** number. There seems to have been a lot of ICE movement in and out of LRD in recent weeks.

Quick plug for jettip.net, always provides wonderful notifications when neat aircraft are in town so you don’t have to search for it yourself. Has saved me much time and helped me catch some unique things since I became a subscriber.

SYRAVGEEK wrote:

Anyone know what Wake Forest usually uses?

Pretty sure they flew on Allegiant last year as well but could be wrong. Don’t usually have a lot of away games that require flights due to their convenient location in the ACC

gdavis003 wrote:

fsx98 wrote:

I'm tracking the upcoming Mizzou homecoming game's opponent, North Texas, which is based in the DFW metroplex; I have found an unusual and rare WN B737 that flew to COU from DAL this morning and highly doubt that this is the North Texas charter, as today is Monday and too early for this week; will check for any later charters for North Texas in the coming days this week.

Here is the tracking information about this unusual WN 737 flight to COU (though I would like to see WN fly to COU for regular service someday!):
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SWA ... /KDAL/KCOU

Don't want to go off topic, but upon looking at flightradar24.com and confirming it on FlightAware, it is the WN B737 that was recently painted in Walt Disney World 50th Anniversary livery (N954WN):
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N95 ... /KDAL/KCOU

A missed opportunity for a plane spotting of this aircraft in a rare livery like this!

North Texas was on Allegiant for every road game that required a flight last year, so I anticipate that is what they will be on for Mizzou game, although as we’ve noted earlier, runway construction might mean they don’t fly into COU.

I suspect that N954WN was likely there for an ICE flight or military movement, was more likely than not government related. The ferry from DAL was the 86** number, and then, it operated whatever charter it was operating to LRD under a 74** number. There seems to have been a lot of ICE movement in and out of LRD in recent weeks.

Quick plug for jettip.net, always provides wonderful notifications when neat aircraft are in town so you don’t have to search for it yourself. Has saved me much time and helped me catch some unique things since I became a subscriber.

Thanks for the information on everything! It is very interesting to have such charter flights closer to home!

As for jettip.net, I did have a glimpse of the website and I find the website to be very useful! May consider signing up for a free trial next time I travel by air!

Today: Coastal Carolina flew over to MEM on Sun Country for tomorrow’s matchup with Arkansas State: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SCX ... /KMYR/KMEM

Houston flew over to MSY on a UA 737-800 for tomorrow’s matchup with Tulane in the Big Easy: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL ... /KIAH/KMSY
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Tomorrow: Temple will be on a JetBlue A320 tomorrow over to CVG for a big matchup with Cincy: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/JBU ... /KPHL/KCVG

Stanford is on a United 737-900 down to PHX from SJC to face Arizona State for Friday night football: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL ... /KSJC/KPHX
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Friday: Oklahoma on a Delta 737-800 down to DAL to face off with Texas at the Cotton Bowl: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL ... /KOKC/KDAL

Arkansas down to Tupelo on a United 737-900 for Ole Miss: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL ... /KXNA/KTUP

Vanderbilt headed down to OCF on a Delta 757-200 to prepare to get crushed by Florida: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL ... /KBNA/KOCF

Georgia Tech over to RDU on a Delta 757-200 to face Duke: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL ... /KATL/KRDU

Georgia will be on a very quick trip down to MGM on two Delta 717-200s, as usual, to face Auburn (DL8897 not showing up yet for AHN-MGM, but the ferries are there): https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL ... /KAHN/KMGM

FSU up to RDU on a Delta 757-200 to face UNC: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL ... /KTLH/KRDU

Michigan down to LNK on a Delta 757-200 to face Nebraska. Looks like United also added a DTW-LNK revenue flight for fans for Friday evening (https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL ... /KDTW/KLNK): https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL ... /KDTW/KLNK

Notre Dame down to ROA on a DL 757-200 to face VA Tech: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL ... /KSBN/KROA

LSU is also on a Delta 757-200 up to LEX to face Kentucky: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL ... /KBTR/KLEX

Alabama is on a Delta 757-200 out of Tuscaloosa over to CLL to face Texas A&M. United added a 737 flight from BHM to CLL for the game as well as a 737 flight from IAH on Friday (https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL ... /KBHM/KCLL): https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL ... /KTCL/KCLL

UCLA is on a United 757-300 out of LAX over to TUS to face Arizona: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL ... /KLAX/KTUS

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/JBU8 ... /KGSO/KSYR
I believe this is Wake Forest heading up to SYR. Surprised they’re using B6.

UNC Charlotte going to play FIU:
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAY ... /KJQF/KMIA

MIchigan St at Rutgers:
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL ... /KLAN/KEWR

Southern Methodist at Navy:
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/JBU ... /KDAL/KBWI

Wisconsin at Illinois:
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL ... /KMSN/KCMI

Penn St at Iowa:
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL ... /KUNV/KCID

It looks like AAY4060 is the charter to fly UTEP from ELP to PIB for a match against Southern Miss tomorrow.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAY ... /KIWA/KELP

North Texas at Mizzou for MU's Homecoming Game, using a G4 A320:

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAY ... /KAFW/KSTL

As mentioned earlier, the flight will be to STL and then bussed from there to Mizzou due to COU's runway construction.

Today: Maryland is flying on Allegiant over to CMH to face Ohio State: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAY ... /KBWI/KCMH

South Carolina is on Sun Country for a short flight over to TYS to face Tennessee: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SCX ... /KCAE/KTYS

West Virginia is using GRK (somewhat strange but might be weight-restrictions for both CKB and ACT, and GRK is the closest alternative with a longer runway) for the flight down to Baylor onboard a United 737-900: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL ... /KCKB/KGRK

Virginia headed over to SDF on Sun Country to face Louisville: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SCX ... /KCHO/KSDF

FAU on Sun Country for the flight from PBI to BHM to face UAB: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SCX ... /KPBI/KBHM

MTSU with a relatively quick flight on an Allegiant A320 up to LYH to face Liberty: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAY ... /KMQY/KLYH

ECU flying down to MCO on Allegiant to face UCF (surprised they’re not going into SFB since it’s G4): https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAY ... /KPGV/KMCO

UTSA flying up to BWG from SAT on Allegiant to face WKU: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAY ... /KSAT/KBWG

Georgia State is on an iAero 737-800 over to MLU to face LA-Monroe: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SWQ ... /KATL/KMLU

New Mexico State on Sun Country out of ELP and over to RNO to face Nevada: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SCX ... /KELP/KRNO

North Alabama flew up to GSO on a GlobalX A320 to face North Carolina A&T: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/GXA ... /KMSL/KGSO

Dayton flew over to DSM on Sun Country to face Drake: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SCX ... /KDAY/KDSM

This was quite the surprise, Kennesaw State flew out of CHA, yes Chattanooga, to fly to ORF to face Hampton on Allegiant. I guess they didn’t want to deal with Atlanta traffic, was trying to find their flight and checked ORF only to see this, which was confirmed by their Twitter, which had the correct Allegiant tail number in the pic: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAY ... /KCHA/KORF

Missouri State on an iAero 737-300 over to YNG to face Youngstown State: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SWQ ... /KSGF/KYNG

Dixie State is en route to MSO on Allegiant to face Montana: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAY ... /KSGU/KMSO

Cal Poly onboard Allegiant over to BZN to face Montana State: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAY ... /KSBP/KBZN

Southern Utah out of CDC for a quick flight over to SMF on Sun Country to face Sacramento State: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SCX ... /KCDC/KSMF

I had to save the best for last right? They’ve done it before, but I love it every time. Abilene Christian is on a World Atlantic MD83 up to LEX to face Eastern Kentucky: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/WAL ... /KABI/KLEX

I was expecting Oregon State to fly into PUW for their game against WA State, but still haven't seen anything. Kinda surprising since it's a 7+ hour drive.

UC Davis flew Allegiant from SMF to PIH to face Idaho State: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAY ... /KSMF/KPIH

(Correction to Idaho State)

metaldirtnskin wrote:

I was expecting Oregon State to fly into PUW for their game against WA State, but still haven't seen anything. Kinda surprising since it's a 7+ hour drive.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/ASA ... /KEUG/KLWS

Looks like they flew into Lewiston instead on Alaska

gdavis003 wrote:

metaldirtnskin wrote:

I was expecting Oregon State to fly into PUW for their game against WA State, but still haven't seen anything. Kinda surprising since it's a 7+ hour drive.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/ASA ... /KEUG/KLWS

Looks like they flew into Lewiston instead on Alaska

Hmm. Hopefully not another LWS tail tip. But why another LWS visit rather than PUW? Lower cost?

Wingtips56 wrote:

gdavis003 wrote:

metaldirtnskin wrote:

I was expecting Oregon State to fly into PUW for their game against WA State, but still haven't seen anything. Kinda surprising since it's a 7+ hour drive.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/ASA ... /KEUG/KLWS

Looks like they flew into Lewiston instead on Alaska

Hmm. Hopefully not another LWS tail tip. But why another LWS visit rather than PUW? Lower cost?

I believe that most teams visiting WSU stay at a hotel closer to LWS than PUW.

Boise St took SY to PVU for BYU.
SY also had a flight arr PVU from OMA within 10 minutes of the other.

sprxUSA wrote:

Boise St took SY to PVU for BYU.
SY also had a flight arr PVU from OMA within 10 minutes of the other.

I did some searching and can't seem to figure out what that second flight you noted was (SCX8613). Can usually do some sleuthing and figure it out, but this one has me totally stumped. Would seem to be a sports charter by the flight number, as the last time that flight number was used was for Purdue's flight home from UConn

San Jose State came in to Northern Colorado Regional Airport on Sun Country 8606/ N832SY . It did a wierd 270 bank right north of where I work then flew almost right overhead on final.

New Mexico State on Sun Country out of ELP and over to RNO to face Nevada: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SCX ... /KELP/KRNO

NMSU just returned directly into LRU on SCX8609. Aircraft N809SY will then ferry to AUS. Most NMSU charters do leave from ELP but return into LRU.