Target flies to Waverly, Iowa the week of a key supply-chain summit

Target flew from its Minneapolis-area Edberg Airport to Waverly Municipal Airport in Iowa on June 4, a 22-minute hop aboard Gulfstream G280 N484EM. The trip, which maxed out at 27,000 feet, is one of the shorter legs logged by the retailer’s three-aircraft fleet this week.

The same day, the 2026 Midwest Food & Logistics Conference opened in nearby Waterloo, Iowa — a gathering of regional grocery and distribution executives, per the event’s official schedule published by the Iowa Grocery Industry Association. Target, which operates its own private-label food brands and extensive food distribution network, routinely sends senior supply-chain and merchandising teams to such events, particularly as it works to close the fresh-food gap with Walmart. Brian Cornell, the retailer’s CEO, is known to attend occasionally.

The flight arrives in the middle of a busy rotation: earlier June 4, N484EM flew to Chicago O'Hare from Minneapolis, returning the same day. The prior week saw trips to Cleveland and points in Ohio and West Virginia, suggesting a period of concentrated site visits and supplier meetings ahead of back-to-school and holiday planning cycles.