Exelon completes a test pattern over its own airport in Salzburg

Exelon, the Chicago-based utility holding company, completed a brief local hop in Salzburg, Austria, on June 8, 2026. Its Dassault Falcon 7X, tail number N496AC, departed LOWS at 7:30 UTC and touched down just over two minutes later, after climbing to 1,675 feet at a modest maximum ground speed of 154 knots. The flight stayed within sight of the airport—a pattern that suggests a post-maintenance test flight or a pilot proficiency run rather than a passenger itinerary.

Exelon's previous day had seen the same aircraft cross the Atlantic: on June 7, it flew from the small airport at Presque Isle, Maine (a known refueling stop for transatlantic trips) directly to Salzburg. The jump from North America to central Europe lines up with Exelon's recurring European operational pattern—the company has long used its fleet for access to energy regulators and industry conferences on the continent.

For a corporation whose home base is Chicago O'Hare and whose typical stops include Washington, Baltimore, and Philadelphia, a turn in Salzburg is an outlier. The local flight was the only movement logged June 8, and the aircraft has shown no onward tracking. Per [celebplanes.com](https://www.celebplanes.com/), the recent flight history shows non-routing hops into Colorado and California, but a 2-minute departure and return at a non-utility hub is best read as a shadow check, not a visit.