Flying a seasonal transborder flight out of Nashville for a change of pace today. Since beginning in 2015, Canadian low-cost and later full-service airline WestJet flies seasonally to Nashville from Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, and Edmonton. Paradoxically, flights between the airline’s home base in Calgary and Music City are operated with the smallest member of the mainline WestJet fleet, the 737-700, while other airports like YYZ and YVR see the 737-800 and 737 MAX used.
Server: Solo
Airline: WestJet
Aircraft: Boeing 737-700
Origin: Nashville International Airport, Nashville, Tennessee (BNA)
Destination: Calgary International Airport, Calgary, Canada (YYC)
Flight Number: WS1427
Route: KBNA-CYYC
Seat: 15F (Economy)
Time En Route: 4 Hours 13 Minutes
Sitting in the boarding area for Gate B13. While WestJet flights currently depart from the T Gates, which are not currently modeled in Infinite Flight, they historically have used Concourse B, which keeps this flight realistic.
Pushing back with the (currently) incomplete T Gates, Concourse C, the general aviation ramp, and Nashville Tower in the background
Taxiing to Runway 02C for departure after crossing the bridge over Murfreesboro Road
Getting airborne out of BNA
Climbing out of Nashville near the intersection of Briley Parkway and I-24
In cruise at 36,000 feet over western Iowa
Twilight descent into Alberta
Landing on Runway 35L
Taxiing to our gate by Calgary Tower and the airport fire station
Deplaned at Gate D89. For a roughly 4-hour flight on a well-traveled 737-700, it was a pretty great flight!