Cargo Flights from Asia

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Snagglefoot

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My neighbour commented he sees more jet streams in our sky above us just north of the Idaho border. I used my Flight Aware app and other than the usual flights between the coastal cities of Victoria and Vancouver and the rest of Canada, I found these two flights from Anchorage headed to Louisville, Kentucky. They were both 747-8’s registered to UPS. I take it these are hauling cargo from Asia, with a refueling stop in Anchorage. Anyone familiar with the situation?

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I'm pretty sure that's the route my last iPhone took.

China - Alaska - Kentucky

I tried to check the tracking but they only keep that info for a few months.
 
The green flights are outbound from ANC (Anchorage), while the blue flights are inbound to ANC.

I sat for several hours in the ANC airport last summer waiting for a flight. If you are an airplane watcher, ANC is the place to be. At one point I counted 14 747s that were within view of my seat. The arrivals and departures are constant, the show never stops.

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We have planes overhead constantly here in northern Minnesota, headed either northwest or coming from that direction. A couple I’ve seen were going more directly north but as I was deep into an engine repair I didn’t research it more.

Almost always twin jets now. They used to be quad jets a few years ago.
 
Snagglefoot said:
My neighbour commented he sees more jet streams in our sky above us just north of the Idaho border. I used my Flight Aware app and other than the usual flights between the coastal cities of Victoria and Vancouver and the rest of Canada, I found these two flights from Anchorage headed to Louisville, Kentucky. They were both 747-8’s registered to UPS. I take it these are hauling cargo from Asia, with a refueling stop in Anchorage. Anyone familiar with the situation?

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SDF is UPS's home base.
 
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