Corning flies to Charlotte the week of its NVIDIA factory announcement

Corning flew from Elmira-Corning Regional Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport on May 15, 2026, a 1-hour 16-minute hop aboard Falcon 900 N38CG.

The same week, Corning and NVIDIA announced a multiyear partnership to build three new advanced manufacturing facilities in North Carolina and Texas, per a joint press release on May 6, 2026 [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 plants will increase Corning's U.S. optical connectivity capacity tenfold and create more than 3,000 jobs, with North Carolina sites likely near Corning's existing Hickory fiber-optic cable plant, as CNBC reported [cnbc.com](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/06/nvidia-corning-optical-factories-nc-texas-ai.html).

The Charlotte-area trip follows a pattern of frequent Corning flights to the region. Over the past three days, N38CG and other Corning aircraft have shuttled between Elmira and Charlotte multiple times, including a May 14 round trip. The destination is a logical base for overseeing the company's expanding manufacturing footprint in the Carolinas, where Corning already operates major optical-fiber production lines.