Corning flies to Charlotte as its NVIDIA factory buildout ramps up

Corning flew from Elmira Corning Regional Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport on June 5, 2026, a 1-hour 22-minute hop aboard Bombardier Challenger 850 N28CG. The flight arrived at 12:50 UTC after cruising at 28,025 feet.

The same week, Corning and NVIDIA are moving forward with a multiyear partnership to build three new advanced manufacturing facilities in North Carolina and Texas, announced May 6 per a joint press release on [corning.com](https://www.celebplanes.com/articles/corning-inc-flight-1672). 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. Charlotte is a logical base for overseeing the company's expanding manufacturing footprint in the Carolinas.

This Charlotte trip follows a pattern of frequent Corning flights to the region. Over the past several days, N28CG and other Corning aircraft have shuttled between Elmira and Charlotte multiple times, including a May 14 round trip and several June 4 movements. Corning operates an unusually large flight department for its size — seven aircraft including Challenger 850s and Falcon 900s — and runs employee shuttles to Charlotte, Raleigh, and Wilmington, per the National Business Aviation Association. The June 5 flight appears to be another routine mission in support of the company's largest manufacturing expansion in years.