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Corning lands in Morristown ahead of a week of East Coast R&D meetings

The Falcon 900 flight from upstate New York to New Jersey signals Corning CEO Wendell Weeks’s usual late-May boardroom circuit.

By celebplanes · 1 min read · Corning

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Corning's Dassault Falcon 900 (N38CG) flight path — 4NY8 — Harris Hill Gliderport to KMMU — Morristown
Flight path · 4NY8 — Harris Hill GliderportKMMU — Morristown · 28m airborne
Departure
4NY8 — Harris Hill Gliderport
Arrival
KMMU — Morristown
Airborne
28m
Distance
139 nm
CO₂
1.5t

Corning flew from Harris Hill Gliderport in Elmira to Morristown Municipal Airport on May 29, a 28-minute hop at 16,875 ft aboard the company’s Falcon 900 (tail N38CG). The flight arrived at 7:39 a.m. local time, just after sunrise.

Morristown is a short drive from Corning’s major East Coast R&D and sales offices in northern New Jersey, and the trip matches a pattern this week: five other Corning aircraft cycled through Elmira, Morristown, Charlotte, and Chicago on May 28 alone, per flight records. That cluster of activity typically coincides with quarterly planning reviews and customer meetings in the region, a recurring beat for the firm’s unusually large flight department.

No single public event or conference in Morristown this week made headlines. Instead, the flight fits Corning’s established rhythm of rotating executives between its glass and ceramics facilities, with the Falcon 900 providing a fast connection to the New York metro area without transiting congested commercial hubs.

Aboard the Dassault Falcon 900

Dassault Falcon 900 exterior — Corning's private jet (N38CG)
Dassault Falcon 900 cabin floor plan — Corning's private jet interior layout
Exterior & cabin layout · Dassault Falcon 900

The aircraft

Type
Dassault Falcon 900
Tail
N38CG
Max alt
16,875 ft
Max speed
415 kt

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