Target flies to Charleston, West Virginia the week of supplier meetings near Yeager

Target flew from Cedar Farm Airport to Yeager Airport on June 2, a 49-minute hop in its Gulfstream G280, tail number N585PL. The flight arrived at 15:42 UTC, moving a small corporate team from a private airfield near the Minnesota border into the heart of West Virginia’s capital region.

The same week, Target is conducting a series of supply-chain reviews with regional warehousing and third-party logistics providers in the Charleston area, according to industry trade notes from Supply Chain Dive. The company has been quietly expanding its distribution network east of the Mississippi, and Yeager Airport sits close to several key intermodal facilities that handle freight for the retailer’s mid-Atlantic stores.

This trip follows a pattern: Target’s Gulfstream fleet has logged frequent visits to regional hubs like Cedar Farm, Grand Rapids, and Albany in recent weeks, often making short hops that align with supplier or distribution center tours. For a Minneapolis-based retailer, these quick turnarounds are less about glamour and more about checking the back-end work that keeps shelves stocked from Ohio to the Carolinas.