Bob Basham's Falcon 900EX flies from Tampa to Coral Gable in 48 minutes

Bob Basham's Dassault Falcon 900EX, tail number N828ML, flew from Tampa International Airport (KTPA) to Homestead East Airstrip (KFLR) in Coral Gable on Thursday, November 12, 2026. The flight departed at 12:07 UTC and landed at 12:54 UTC, spending 48 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 180 nautical miles, or 207 miles. The aircraft averaged a ground speed of 226 knots and reached a top speed of 471 knots at a highest altitude of 21,050 feet. Celebplanes estimates the flight burned about 254 US gallons of fuel and produced about 2,443 kilograms of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 6,047 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 first tracked landing at Coral Gable in the window from August 13 to November 12, 2026. Tampa is the home base on file for N828ML, and the most common destinations in that window were Tampa, with nine landings, Timberlake (KTDF) with six, and Tallahassee (KTLH) with two. The aircraft had been on the ground for about four days before this flight, following a previous tracked landing at Tampa on November 8. In the 24 hours before this landing, another tracked aircraft, an Embraer Phenom 100 linked to Jon Sumrall, also landed at Coral Gable about 12 hours 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 Homestead East Airstrip places the aircraft near Coral Gable, a community in southern Florida, but web searches did not find a specific public event or meeting tied to Bob Basham in that area on the date of this flight.

In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft flew 10 flights totaling 12.9 hours in the air, covering about 4,571 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 39,567 kilograms of CO2. The Falcon 900EX used about 4 percent of its maximum range on this flight.

The aircraft is a 1997 model with serial number 025. Its top speed is Mach 0.87, or 482 knots. Celebplanes estimates the Falcon 900EX burns about 320 US gallons of fuel per hour. Tampa International Airport's longest runway is 11,002 feet, and its elevation is 26 feet. Homestead East Airstrip sits at an elevation of 0 feet. The distance from the home base to the arrival airport is 186 nautical miles.