Bob Basham's Falcon 900EX flies from West Palm Beach to Tampa in 39 minutes

Bob Basham's Dassault Falcon 900EX, tail number N828ML, flew from President Donald J. Trump International Airport (KDJT) in West Palm Beach to Tampa International Airport (KTPA) on Thursday, November 5, 2026. The flight departed at 23:02 UTC and landed at 23:42 UTC, spending 39 minutes in the air. The aircraft is registered to Walkabout Air Inc, the Tampa aircraft management company Basham founded in 1995.

The great circle distance between the two airports is 151 nautical miles, or 174 miles. The aircraft averaged a ground speed of 231 knots and reached a top speed of 478 knots at a highest altitude of 20,050 feet. Celebplanes estimates the flight burned about 210 US gallons of fuel and produced about 2,016 kilograms of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 4,990 miles. The Falcon 900EX is a long range trijet with a maximum range of 4,500 nautical miles, a service ceiling of 51,000 feet, and seating for up to 16 passengers.

This was the eighth tracked landing at Tampa in the window from August 13 to November 5, 2026. The previous landing at Tampa was on October 30, six days before this flight. Tampa is the home base on file for N828ML, and the most common destinations in that window were Tampa, with seven landings, Timberlake (KTDF) with five, and Tallahassee (KTLH) with two. In the 24 hours before this landing, another tracked aircraft, a Gulfstream G550 linked to Troy Taylor, also landed at Tampa about one hour earlier.

Bob Basham is a Tampa based restaurateur who co founded Outback Steakhouse in 1988 and later co founded the fast casual chain PDQ, which stands for People Dedicated to Quality. The first PDQ restaurant opened in late 2011 on South Dale Mabry Highway in Tampa, roughly a mile from the original Outback. Basham's private investment firm, MVP Holdings, is also based in Tampa. The arrival at Tampa International Airport places the aircraft at the city where Basham built his restaurant career and where his business interests remain centered.

Web searches did not find a specific public event or meeting tied to Bob Basham in Tampa on the date of this flight. Basham's biography shows he moved to Tampa in the late 1970s and has operated businesses there for decades. The aircraft's return to its home base is consistent with the pattern of East Coast trips seen in recent weeks.

This flight ended a short round trip that began with a November 4 hop from Tampa to West Palm Beach. The aircraft had been on the ground at West Palm Beach for about 25 hours before returning to Tampa.

The Falcon 900EX used about 3 percent of its maximum range on this flight. The departure airport, President Donald J. Trump International Airport, has a longest runway of 10,001 feet and sits at 19 feet elevation. Tampa International Airport's longest runway is 11,002 feet at 26 feet elevation. The aircraft is a 1997 model with serial number 025.

In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft flew 7 flights totaling 9.3 hours in the air, covering about 3,355 nautical miles. The longest leg in that period was Timberlake to Tampa on October 26, a distance of 547 nautical miles. Celebplanes estimates those flights produced about 28,590 kilograms of CO2.