Corning Shuttle Returns to Elmira from Charlotte as Part of In-House Flight Network

Corning flew a Bombardier Challenger 850, tail N28CG, from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Elmira Corning Regional Airport on May 21, a 1-hour 32-minute hop that touched down just before 11:40 a.m. local time.

The flight is a routine leg of Corning’s extensive employee shuttle network, which the company describes as a “self-dispatch operation” per the National Business Aviation Association. The Challenger 850 fleet serves five shuttle destinations, including Charlotte, connecting distant plants to headquarters in Corning, New York. The aircraft landed at KELM, home to Corning’s hangar and maintenance team of 15 technicians.

Corning Aviation’s six aircraft log about 3,500 hours annually and have carried more than 22,000 passengers. The company’s eight-person crew scheduling committee pilots each flight internally, reflecting an unusually hands-on approach for a corporate flight department of this size.