Drake's Boeing 767-200ER N767CJ flies Toronto to New York in 1 hour 18 minutes

Drake's Boeing 767-200ER, registered N767CJ, flew from Toronto Pearson International Airport (CYYZ) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (KJFK) in New York on Thursday, October 22, 2026. The flight departed Toronto at 23:33 UTC and landed in New York at 00:50 UTC, spending 1 hour 18 minutes in the air. The great-circle distance between the two airports is 318 nautical miles, or 366 miles.

The aircraft reached a highest altitude of 32,950 feet and a top ground speed of 498 knots during the flight. Its average ground speed was 245 knots. The Boeing 767-200ER is a commercial widebody with a range of 6,625 nautical miles and a ceiling of 43,100 feet. It can seat up to 290 passengers and burns an estimated 1,500 US gallons of jet fuel per hour. For this flight, celebplanes estimates it burned about 1,948 gallons, producing roughly 18,708 kilograms of CO2, equivalent to driving a car 46,308 miles.

This was the first tracked landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport for N767CJ in the tracking window from May 22 to October 22, 2026. The aircraft's home base is John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport, and its usual destinations include Toronto, New York's Teterboro Airport, Las Vegas, Miami, London, and Vancouver. In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft flew three legs totaling 1,195 nautical miles and 3.5 hours in the air. The previous tracked landing was at Toronto on the same day, about 7 hours before this departure. The aircraft had spent the earlier part of October 22 repositioning from Hamilton to Toronto in a 14-minute hop.

Drake is a rapper and the founder of the OVO label, based in Hamilton, Ontario. His aircraft, known as 'Air Drake,' is owned and operated by Elan Express. New York is a regular stop for tour dates, OVO Fest, and label business. No public events or appearances by Drake were announced in New York for the date of this flight, though the city is a frequent destination for the aircraft. The flight from Toronto to JFK may be a routine repositioning for maintenance, storage, or a future departure.

The aircraft's previous long trip was from Houston to Toronto on September 30, 2026, covering 1,128 nautical miles in 2 hours 50 minutes. Before that, it flew from Toronto to Houston on September 20, a 3-hour 2-minute leg over 1,126 nautical miles. The pattern of flights shows the aircraft moving between its home base in Hamilton, its frequent stop in Toronto, and occasional longer trips to cities like Houston and Little Rock. The arrival at JFK adds New York to the list of destinations visited in the current tracking window.

The aircraft has a top speed of Mach 0.80, or 493 knots. It is an extended range widebody that typically seats 216 passengers and is certified for ETOPS operations. The flight from Toronto to JFK used only 5 percent of the aircraft's range.

Toronto Pearson's longest runway is 11,120 feet at an elevation of 569 feet. John F. Kennedy International Airport's longest runway is 14,511 feet at an elevation of 13 feet. The distance from the aircraft's home base in Hamilton to JFK is 314 nautical miles.

In the tracking window from May 22 to October 22, 2026, the aircraft made 23 tracked flights. The most common destinations were Toronto with 11 landings, Hamilton with 6 landings, and Houston with 2 landings. On August 22, 2026, the aircraft flew from Toronto to Detroit in 45 minutes covering 185 nautical miles.