Dow returns to Midland after a 7-minute test flight near home base

Dow flew from Midland to Midland on June 8, a 7-minute, 475-foot-high circuit that never left the airport pattern. The Bombardier CRJ-900, registration N892D, climbed to just over 130 knots before returning to the same runway — a textbook test flight or training sortie.

The short hop comes the same week Dow prepares to participate in the Wells Fargo 16th Annual Industrials & Materials Conference on June 9, per a company press release [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dow-to-participate-at-the-2026-wells-fargo-16th-annual-industrials--materials-conference-302792654.html). The flight itself, however, appears unrelated to that event; the aircraft did not leave Midland.

The company's CRJ-900 is typically used to shuttle engineering teams between manufacturing sites, but no trip to Baton Rouge or the Texas Gulf Coast — its recent regular route — occurred today. The aircraft last flew a Baton Rouge-to-Texas pattern on May 21, per Celebplanes flight history [celebplanes.com](https://www.celebplanes.com/celebrity/dow-inc). This 7-minute hop is more likely maintenance or currency checks than a business mission.