A Falcon 20 freighter taking a crated part through the cargo door on an earlier OnFly mission.
The short version
On December 22, 2025, a regional airline called at about 3 p.m. Pacific. It needed a windshield moved from Seattle to New York that night. The next afternoon it needed crated windows moved from Seattle to Atlanta. Each load went on a Falcon 20 freighter. Each one was in the airline’s hands before the morning shift.
The second night has a complete written record, so that is the one laid out below.
The mission record: Seattle to Atlanta, December 23
| Problem | Crated aircraft windows in Seattle. The aircraft waiting on them in Atlanta. Two days before Christmas. |
| Route | Seattle (SEA) to Atlanta (ATL), about 2,200 miles, nonstop |
| Aircraft | Falcon 20 freighter, flown by a vetted FAA Part 135 carrier |
| Plan sent to the airline | Mid-afternoon Pacific. At the Seattle FBO at 5:30 p.m. Thirty minutes to load. About 4.5 hours en route. Atlanta between 1:30 and 2:00 a.m. Eastern. |
| Loaded and taxiing | 6:14 p.m. Pacific |
| Airborne | 7:00 p.m. Pacific (10:00 p.m. Eastern), after a long taxi |
| Touchdown, Atlanta | About 1:45 a.m. Eastern — inside the window quoted that afternoon |
| Windows in hand | 2:29 a.m. Eastern, confirmed by the airline’s Atlanta stores |
All times come from the mission email record.
How the night ran
Mid-afternoon. The airline gets one message with the whole plan: when the aircraft will be in Seattle, how long loading takes, the flight time, the arrival window, and the address of the FBO in Atlanta. It also says two people will be needed to unload.
Before departure. Live tracking links go out for the positioning leg and for the flight to Atlanta.
6:14 p.m. Pacific. Loaded and taxiing.
7:30 p.m. Pacific. An honest update. The taxi ran long. The aircraft got airborne at the top of the hour and now shows Atlanta just before 2 a.m.
12:45 a.m. Eastern. One hour out. The FBO address goes out again with a 1:45 arrival time. The airline’s stores lead confirms he will meet the aircraft.
12:49 a.m. Eastern. The crew had reported that it took two people to load the crate in Seattle. We pass that on and recommend a second person in Atlanta.
1:40 a.m. Eastern. Five minutes from landing, slightly ahead of the revised time.
2:29 a.m. Eastern. The reply from Atlanta: “Windows in hand.”
The night before: Seattle to New York
The first run went from Boeing Field in Seattle to New York (JFK), about 2,400 miles, on the same aircraft type. It took one fuel stop, in Omaha. The airline got an update when the aircraft was an hour from the fuel stop. The airline’s JFK stores confirmed the part in hand at 3:39 a.m. Eastern. The price came in at roughly half the prevailing quote for the trip.
What made it work
The right aircraft, not the biggest one. A crated window needs a cargo door and it needs range. A Falcon 20 freighter has both.
One message with the whole plan. Every time and every address in one place, sent before the aircraft moves. Nobody at the airline has to call to ask.
Updates on a schedule, not on request. Tracking link. One hour out. Five minutes out. When the taxi ran long, the airline heard it from us first.
Ground handling is part of the mission. A crate that takes two people to load takes two people to unload. Both ends knew that before the aircraft landed.
Questions people ask
Can a dedicated charter cross the country overnight?
Yes. Seattle to Atlanta took about 3 hours 45 minutes in the air. Seattle to New York took one fuel stop.
Why not put the part on an airline flight?
Sometimes that is the right answer, and we will tell you so, free. We do not book it. A dedicated aircraft is for the night the part has to leave now and be there before the first wave.
Who loads and unloads?
The client’s stores or ground crew, or a handler we arrange. We tell both ends how many people the part takes.
Is OnFly Air an airline?
No. OnFly Air is an air charter broker. We do not own or operate aircraft. Every flight is flown by a vetted FAA Part 135 air carrier.
If you have a part that has to move tonight
Call (858) 529-7860. A live dispatcher answers 24/7/365. Tell us what it is, where it is, and when it has to be there. Hard quotes are free and come back in 15 to 30 minutes.
OnFly Air LLC is an air charter broker and time-critical logistics coordinator, not a direct air carrier. Flights are operated by FAA-certificated Part 135 air carriers that maintain operational control.
