Corning's Falcon 900 returns to Elmira the week of its Amazon fiber deal

Corning's Falcon 900 (N38CG) was tracked flying from Hamptonville Airport (75NR) to Elmira Corning Regional Airport (KELM) on June 26, 2026, a 59-minute hop after a series of shuttles to the Charlotte area the same day.

If Corning executives were aboard, the timing would align with a busy week in the Carolinas: Amazon and Corning announced a multibillion-dollar fiber deal on June 8, per [siliconangle.com](https://siliconangle.com/2026/06/08/amazon-inks-multibillion-dollar-optical-manufacturing-deal-with-corning/), which will create 1,000 jobs at Corning's North Carolina facilities. The trip also follows Corning's May partnership with NVIDIA to build three new AI-manufacturing plants in North Carolina and Texas, per [corning.com](https://www.corning.com/worldwide/en/about-us/news-events/news-releases/2026/05/nvidia-and-corning-announce-long-term-partnership-to-strengthen-us-manufacturing-for-ai-infrastructure.html).

The Hamptonville airport sits about 50 miles from Corning's Hickory fiber-optic plant, a frequent destination for the company's fleet. With seven aircraft hangared at Elmira, the late-evening return to base suggests a day trip to oversee the region's expanding optical connectivity operations — if indeed the manufacturers were along for the ride.