Becton Dickinson flies home to New Jersey after a short Washington loop

Becton Dickinson flew from Washington Dulles International Airport to Morristown Municipal Airport on June 4 at 12:33 UTC, a flight that lasted just six minutes and reached only 875 feet. The Dassault Falcon 7X, tail number N294X, essentially crossed the Potomac and landed in New Jersey.

The flight is too brief to be a true repositioning or passenger trip — the aircraft barely left the ground before descending. Most likely, this was a maintenance check or a crew training sortie rather than a business movement. No major regulatory hearing or industry event took place in Washington that would explain a real visit by Becton Dickinson CEO Tom Polen that week.

The company’s recurring destinations include Chicago, London, Frankfurt, San Francisco, and Tokyo. Recent flights show a pattern of returns to Morristown from Chicago and Boston, consistent with Franklin Lakes headquarters operations. This Dulles-to-Morristown hop appears to be a local test, not a corporate mission.