Thought for a moment this was USC Basketball but from the activity log, clearly it is not. What is it? Repositioning? flightaware.com/live/flight/SWA9058
Definitely Vancouver Canucks (Jan 5 KMDW-CYVR): flightaware.com/live/flight/ACA7037
Which brings up a point as I see this flight went KPHX-KDEN some time earlier. I thought forgein carriers were not allowed to provide transportation within the US under any circumstances. Charters are excepted? Or could it have been a repositioning flight?
can’t wait for baseball season…be interesting if someone here can figure out those charters…I know the Yankees use COA…and the first definite team trip will be from an exhibition in PHX to the opener in Oakland (SFO?) on 4/1…also from TPA-PHX on 3/30
It is possible for a foreign carrier to get an exemption to fly domestic USA flights. An example is the AN-225 operated by Antonov. Because there are no domestic airlines that have an aircraft the size of the AN-225, they routinely get an exemption to fly between USA airports transporting such items as a 777 engine or space craft.
In the the case of the Air Canada flight, it could be that because the aircraft is operated as a private charter it is authorized to fly between domestic airports.
I thought it would be cool to see the Golden Knights Flight path. As they are the U.S. Army Parachute Team that performs at during pre-game at sporting events. I am assuming we cannot follow the flight path since it is military.
As a media relations employee for a Division I athletic department, I have been tracking sports charters for a long time… including those I have flown on.
Sports charters are easy to do as you long as you have the schedules. Most teams head out immediately after the game, so on any given night, you can track from game site to home or game site to game site.
I find it best to track the city routes as opposed to flight numbers because they often change. Some charter companies alone (Champion, Miami Air) use a 9XXX number for deadheads and the XXX portion for the passenger part. Also, PACE/Hooters Air runs a lot of team charters as does Falcon (FAO) and Pan Am. I am a subscriber of AirNAV, so I can select all the planes from a certain company.
Basketball teams usually charter a couple of small planes (King Airs are popular). Check other smaller airports.
A few of the ones I choose:
The Los Angeles Kings use a PACE/Hooters Air plane.
Louisiana-Monroe football uses Champion; Troy and Florida International use Falcon.
Most SEC schools use Delta.
LCK (Rickenbacker in Columbus) handles Ohio University football and many Ohio State opponents. Check UNI (Athens, Ohio) for longer basketball trips, TOI (Troy, Alabama) on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 (Jonesboro, Ark.)
another thing to check is see who is the ‘airline sponsor’ for your favorite teams broadcasts…especially baseball and football…99% of the time that will be the airline your team uses for most of their trips…The Yankees and COA as an example…
If I am not mistaken the Golden Knights aircraft would be based at KSWF,as that is only about 10 miles from USMA. ( I live about 15 miles from KSWF in the other direction. We get to see (and HEAR many many C-5 's from the ANG base there also)