Donald Trump's Boeing 757-200 N757AF flies West Palm Beach to Daytona Beach

Donald Trump's Boeing 757-200, tail N757AF, flew from President Donald J. Trump International Airport in West Palm Beach to Daytona Beach International Airport on Friday, October 30, 2026. The aircraft departed at 21:25 UTC and landed at 22:09 UTC, spending 43 minutes in the air. The flight covered a great-circle distance of 159 nautical miles, or 182 miles.

The aircraft's average ground speed was 220 knots, with a top ground speed of 404 knots and a highest altitude of 17,000 feet. The flight burned an estimated 863 US gallons of fuel, producing about 8,294 kilograms of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 20,529 miles. The Boeing 757-200 has a range of 3,900 nautical miles, a top speed of Mach 0.80, and a ceiling of 42,000 feet, typically seating 200 passengers.

The aircraft had 32 tracked flights in the window from April 18 to October 29, 2026. There were no earlier tracked landings at Daytona Beach in that window. The most common destinations in that window were West Palm Beach with 14 landings, New York LaGuardia with 4 landings, and Washington Reagan National with 2 landings. The previous tracked landing was at West Palm Beach on October 29, about 23 hours before this flight.

The aircraft's fuel consumption is estimated at 1,200 US gallons per hour. The departure airport, President Donald J. Trump International Airport, has a longest runway of 10,001 feet at an elevation of 19 feet. The arrival airport, Daytona Beach International Airport, has a longest runway of 10,500 feet at an elevation of 34 feet.

In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft visited 2 airports in 1 country and flew about 3,743 nautical miles. The longest leg in that period was from Las Vegas to West Palm Beach on October 29, covering 1,872 nautical miles. Over those 30 days, the aircraft made 2 flights totaling 8.9 hours in the air, producing an estimated 102,391 kilograms of CO2.

Recent flights by the same owner include a trip from Las Vegas to West Palm Beach on October 29 lasting 4 hours 20 minutes over 1,872 nautical miles. The day before, on October 27, the aircraft flew from West Palm Beach to Las Vegas in 4 hours 33 minutes over 1,871 nautical miles. Earlier flights in September included trips between Washington and West Palm Beach, New York and West Palm Beach, and transatlantic legs to and from Shannon.

Donald Trump is the 47th President of the United States, a businessman and real-estate developer who resumed office in January 2025. His Boeing 757-200, known as 'Trump Force One,' is heavily customized with gold-plated fixtures and a family insignia. No news reports were found linking Donald Trump or his organization to a specific event in Daytona Beach on this date.

The aircraft used 4 percent of its range on this 43-minute flight. This was the 14th tracked landing at West Palm Beach in the window from April 18 to October 29, 2026.