Caterpillar on the move: Global 6000 heads home to Fort Worth ahead of annual meeting

Caterpillar flew from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport late Thursday night, June 4, arriving just after 8 p.m. local time. The two-hour, sixteen-minute flight was operated by N797CT, a Bombardier Global 6000 that serves as part of the company's four-aircraft fleet, which includes a second Global 6000, two Gulfstream G500s, and a Challenger 604.

The same week the flight lands in Fort Worth, Caterpillar is preparing for its Annual Meeting of Shareholders, scheduled virtually for June 10, 2026 at 8 a.m. Central Time. As detailed in the company's proxy statement filed with the SEC, the meeting will include updates on performance and votes on key governance items. The flight pattern suggests the aircraft may have been repositioning back to its base of operations after a trip to the East Coast.

Recent flights by this aircraft show a steady rhythm of travel: a trip to Savannah in early June, a visit to Washington Dulles on May 21, and a run between Caterpillar's Deerfield-area base and the capital earlier in May. The dispatch back to Fort Worth, where the fleet is housed under a time-sharing agreement with executives, reads less like a spontaneous journey and more like a planned return ahead of a major corporate event.