Dick's Sporting Goods's Bombardier Global 6500 returns to Pittsburgh from Amsterdam

Dick's Sporting Goods's Bombardier Global 6500, tail number N717DX, landed at Pittsburgh International Airport on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, at 23:47 UTC. The jet had departed Amsterdam Airport Schiphol at 15:57 UTC, spending 7 hours 50 minutes in the air. The flight covered a great-circle distance of 3,382 nm, or 3,892 miles. It reached a top ground speed of 484 knots and a highest altitude of 47,025 feet.

The Bombardier Global 6500 has a certified ceiling of 51,000 feet. It is powered by Pearl engines and features an upgraded wing, making it an all-weather performer. The aircraft burned an estimated 430 US gallons of fuel per hour. Its average ground speed on this flight was 432 knots.

The Bombardier Global 6500 is an ultra-long-range jet with a range of 6,600 nm and a top speed of Mach 0.90. It typically seats 13 passengers and can carry up to 17. The aircraft burned an estimated 3,368 US gallons of fuel on this leg, producing about 32,352 kg of CO2. That is roughly the same as driving a car 80,079 miles. The jet used 51 percent of its maximum range on this flight.

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol's longest runway is 12,467 feet, with an elevation of 11 feet below sea level. Pittsburgh International Airport's longest runway is 11,500 feet, with an elevation of 1,203 feet. Before this flight, the aircraft had been on the ground for about 21 hours, following a previous tracked landing at Amsterdam on October 26.

This was the 16th landing at Pittsburgh by Dick's Sporting Goods's two aircraft in the tracked window from September 30 to October 26. The previous Pittsburgh arrival came one day earlier, when the Gulfstream G280 N345DX landed on October 26. Pittsburgh is the home base for both jets. The most common destinations in that window were Pittsburgh with 15 landings, Boston with 2, and Harrisburg with 2. Another tracked aircraft, a Bombardier Global Express XRS linked to Jared Isaacman, landed at Pittsburgh about six hours earlier.

Dick's Sporting Goods is the largest sporting goods retailer in the United States, with roughly 850 stores. The company is headquartered in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. The company operates a corporate flight department from Pittsburgh International Airport. (aeropattern.com) lists four aircraft in its fleet, including N717DX and the Gulfstream G280 N345DX.

In the tracked window from September 30 to October 26, the owner's two aircraft completed 40 flights. Recent flights by the same owner include a trip from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh on October 26, covering 156 nautical miles in 33 minutes, and a flight from Madrid to Amsterdam on the same day, covering 789 nautical miles in 1 hour 54 minutes.

No public events or appearances tied to Dick's Sporting Goods were scheduled at the arrival airport on the day of this flight. The company's usual destinations on file include Teterboro, West Palm Beach, Las Vegas, Miami, Washington Dulles, and Chicago O'Hare. The flight from Amsterdam followed a trip to Paris on October 22, when N717DX flew Pittsburgh to Paris, covering 3,388 nm in what was the longest leg in the prior 30 days.