Mysterious Flight by A319 out of JAC
Jul 19, 2019, 3:42 pm
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Mysterious Flight by A319 out of JAC
While on the golf course today at around 12:00 MST in Jackson Hole I noticed a DL A319 taking off and make almost immediately a very hard left hand turn, something I have never seen in all my time in JAC. It puzzled me as I could not figure out where the flight was going.....there were no flights to SLC or MSP on an A319 during that time and all the normal flights for today were either on time or only slight delayed. When I got back to where I was staying I checked Flight Aware but still could not find the flight. I assumed even if it was a ferry flight or a charter flight it would show. Anyone got any ideas? It has me curious and I am out of ideas to figure it out.
Jul 19, 2019, 4:04 pm
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DL2375, operated by A319 N355NB, departed JAC>SLC at 12.55pm local time. So if it wasn't that flight that you saw, then it must have been a Sports Charter or a ferry flight.
Jul 19, 2019, 4:09 pm
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OP was seeing the inbound flight, also numbered DL2375. It circled the airport a couple times before landing, possibly a missed approach or other similar scenario? But that would match with both the stated timestamp, aircraft type, and the hard left turn as described. If a missed approach, it would also explain why OP thought they saw a takeoff.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/...710Z/KSLC/KJAC
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/...710Z/KSLC/KJAC
Jul 19, 2019, 4:45 pm
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OP was seeing the inbound flight, also numbered DL2375. It circled the airport a couple times before landing, possibly a missed approach or other similar scenario? But that would match with both the stated timestamp, aircraft type, and the hard left turn as described. If a missed approach, it would also explain why OP thought they saw a takeoff.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/...710Z/KSLC/KJAC
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/...710Z/KSLC/KJAC
Jul 19, 2019, 7:49 pm
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Jul 19, 2019, 10:53 pm
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Jul 19, 2019, 10:55 pm
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Thanks for the update.....keep me posted.....we don't fly out til next week but there has been more wind out here than I can ever remember. Were they able to get you on another flight......looking at tomorrow looks like there were slim pickings for others and since they will call it "weather" it limits your ability to interline or do much else.
Jul 19, 2019, 11:07 pm
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Thanks for the update.....keep me posted.....we don't fly out til next week but there has been more wind out here than I can ever remember. Were they able to get you on another flight......looking at tomorrow looks like there were slim pickings for others and since they will call it "weather" it limits your ability to interline or do much else.
