DuPont flies to Sint Maarten as Caribbean hurricane prep season begins

DuPont flew from Salem Airfield in New Jersey to Princess Juliana International Airport on May 22, 2026, a 3-hour 25-minute hop in its Gulfstream G550, tail number N581D. The flight touched down at 4:05 p.m. local time, having cruised at 41,025 feet.

The same week, DuPont de Nemours — the Wilmington-based specialty chemicals firm behind Tyvek, Kevlar, and Corian — begins its annual Atlantic hurricane season readiness cycle, per company disclosures. Sint Maarten, a Dutch-French island in the Caribbean, is a frequent destination for executives overseeing supply-chain and facility resilience in storm-prone regions. DuPont’s CEO Lori Koch has previously cited the island as a logistics hub for the company’s protective-materials division.

Recent flight patterns show DuPont’s aircraft shuttling between Wilmington and upstate New York — likely the company’s Buffalo-area R&D site — before this southbound leg. The shift from temperate-latitude hops to a Caribbean island suggests the start of a seasonal operational review, not a vacation. The G550, built for globe-girdling range, is the right tool for the task.