Don Levin's Falcon 6X N133RL lands at O'Hare after 24-minute hop from Rock Falls

Don Levin's Dassault Falcon 6X, tail number N133RL, flew from Whiteside County Airport in Rock Falls to Chicago O'Hare International Airport on Saturday, October 31, 2026. The flight departed at 18:33 UTC and landed at 18:57 UTC, spending 24 minutes in the air.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 87 nautical miles, or about 100 miles. The aircraft averaged 216 knots ground speed and reached a top speed of 353 knots. Its highest altitude during the flight was 15,225 feet. The Falcon 6X burned an estimated 121 gallons of fuel, producing about 1.2 metric tons of CO2. That is roughly the same as driving a car 2,883 miles. The Falcon 6X is Dassault's newest widebody twin, certified in 2023, with the widest cabin of any purpose-built business jet. It can carry up to 16 passengers and fly 5,500 nautical miles at a top speed of Mach 0.90.

This was the second tracked landing at Chicago airports in the last 12 days. The previous one was at Chicago Executive Airport on October 19. The aircraft's home base on file is Chicago Executive Airport in Wheeling, about 8 miles from O'Hare. In the 30 days before this flight, N133RL visited 11 airports in one country and flew about 13,667 nautical miles. The most common destination in that period was Phoenix, with two landings. Recent trips included a flight from New York to Seattle on October 18, the longest leg at 2,091 nautical miles.

Don Levin, 74, founded D.R.L. Enterprises in 1969 and built it into the rolling-paper business that sells more cigarette papers than anyone else in the world. He bought OCB and JOB from French paper magnate Vincent Bolloré in 2000. Republic Brands now turns over roughly $600 million a year. Forbes estimates his net worth at $2.9 billion. Levin also co-founded the Chicago Wolves in January 1994 and has been the AHL club's chairman since the franchise started. The FAA lists the owner of N133RL as DRL ENTERPRISES INC at 2301 Ravine Way in Glenview, the same suburb Forbes lists as his residence.

It has a single runway 6,499 feet long. The short flight to O'Hare suggests a quick trip to or from the Rock Falls area. No public events or meetings tied to Don Levin or his companies were found near Rock Falls on this date.

The aircraft used only 2% of its range on the hop from Whiteside County to O'Hare. O'Hare's longest runway is 13,000 feet, more than double the length of the runway at Whiteside County. The Falcon 6X can fly as high as 51,000 feet. It burns an estimated 300 US gallons of fuel per hour.

The Falcon 6X returned to its home base area after a brief hop across northern Illinois.