refueling stop
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That trip includes a two-hour refueling stop in Auckland, New Zealand, which is two time zones closer than Sydney to the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
After a refueling stop at an Air Force base in Maryland, the president landed in Los Angeles around dawn Saturday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2024
Although his diplomacy accompanied a refueling stop en route to the continent, Mr. Blinken’s visit to the tiny island more than 400 miles off Senegal’s west coast helped to signal U.S. interest in Africa’s welfare.
From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2024
After a refueling stop at Ramstein Air Base in Germany — where the plane’s shades were kept down during the hour-and-15-minute stop — Biden finally landed at Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport in Poland.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 20, 2023
Between 1935 and 1947, Midway was used as a refueling stop for trans-Pacific flights.
From The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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