refueling stop

Example Sentences

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It was a 19-hour journey from Mumbai to San Francisco with a two-hour refueling stop in Kolkata.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 24, 2025

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

Germany flew three transport planes toward Sudan to evacuate about 150 of its citizens, only to scrap the plan during a refueling stop in Greece, the German newsmagazine Der Spiegel reported.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2023

The flights are 19 hours long with a refueling stop in Rome.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2022

It was a refueling stop for the jet liners and space freighters bound for the outer planets, and for those returning to Earth.

From Danger in Deep Space by Glanzman, Louis