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Old Jul 23, 2023 | 8:10 am
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Seen at BKL--Delta Ship Number 664

I was driving one of my grandchildren to an event in downtown Cleveland, and after I dropped him off I toured various streets I had not driven on before. One of them was the north end of East 9th Street, which leads to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I turned right onto a side street that led me to the terminal of Burke Lakefront Airport (BKL); I knew they had an airport there, but didn't know that they had an actual terminal building. Parked next to the terminal was a Delta jet with the ship number 664 on the top of the tail. Is this the famous 757 that Delta uses for sports team charters (50 or so lie flat seats, poker tables, etc.)?

I looked up BKL on airnav.com, and found that it has two parallel runways, one of which is 6604 feet long and the other 5197 feet long. I guess this airport is used often for such charters, as it is within 1/2 mile of the NFL Browns Stadium and maybe 1.25 miles north of Progressive Field (Guardians) and the adjacent Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse (Cavaliers).

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