Aflac's Gulfstream G280 lands in Columbus after Alabama hop, as company pushes Georgia sickle cell policy

Aflac's Gulfstream G280 (N280AF) was tracked flying from Emerald Mountain Airport (2AL3) in Alabama to Columbus Airport (KCSG) on June 30, a 34-minute hop that maxed out at 41,625 feet. The aircraft, operated by the Columbus-based supplemental insurer, departed at 12:50 UTC and touched down 34 minutes later.

If Aflac officials were aboard, the timing would place them back at headquarters the same week the company's general counsel published a Fortune op-ed urging Georgia lawmakers to pass additional sickle cell disease protections — a legislative priority the insurer has publicly backed. Fortune covered the June 19 piece, in which Aflac argued for expanding Medicaid coverage for the condition [fortune.com](https://fortune.com/2026/06/19/aflac-georgia-sickle-cell-disease-protection-act-medicaid-states/).

The brief trip from Alabama fits a pattern of regional movements: the aircraft had flown from the same area the previous day, and earlier in June it made longer trips to Beverly, Massachusetts and Chicago. The return to home base suggests a short business visit or personal travel, consistent with Aflac's focus on Georgia policy and its Columbus operations.