FEMSA's Gulfstream G280 flies Toluca to Punta del Este in 7 hours 60 minutes

FEMSA's Gulfstream G280, tail number XA-FMX, landed at Capitan Corbeta CA Curbelo International Airport in Punta del Este, Uruguay, on Monday, November 9, 2026, at 22:46 UTC. The flight departed from Adolfo López Mateos International Airport in Toluca, Mexico, at 14:47 UTC and spent 7 hours 60 minutes in the air.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 4,078 nm, or 4,693 miles. The aircraft averaged a ground speed of 510 knots and reached a top speed of 532 knots. Its highest recorded altitude was 45,025 feet, just above its certified ceiling of 45,000 feet. The flight burned an estimated 1,998 US gallons of fuel, producing about 19.2 metric tons of CO2. The Gulfstream G280 is a super midsize jet with a range of 3,600 nm and seating for up to 10 passengers.

This was the first tracked landing by XA-FMX at Punta del Este in the tracking window from July 7 to November 9, 2026. The aircraft's home base is Monterrey International Airport in Mexico. Its usual destinations include Mexico City, Campinas, Bogota, Panama, Atlanta, and Guadalajara. In the 30 days before this flight, XA-FMX visited eight airports in two countries and flew about 4,239 nm. Its longest leg in that period was Atlanta to Monterrey on November 5, covering 951 nm.

The aircraft had been on the ground for about 14 hours before this flight. Its previous tracked landing was at Rioverde on November 9. In the tracking window from July 7 to November 9, XA-FMX made 38 tracked flights. Its most common destinations in that window were Monterrey with 11 landings, Las Vegas with two landings, and San Francisco with two landings.

FEMSA is a Mexican multinational beverage and retail conglomerate headquartered in Monterrey. It operates the world's largest Coca-Cola bottling franchise, Coca-Cola FEMSA, and the OXXO convenience store chain, Latin America's largest. The company's aviation subsidiary, Servicios Aereos Regiomontanos, or SARSA, has operated for more than 50 years and manages a fleet of three corporate aircraft. SARSA is IS-BAO Stage III and SMS Stage 4 certified and holds FAA commercial operator authorization. Punta del Este is a resort city on Uruguay's coast, and FEMSA has no known public events or business operations in the area that could explain the visit.

If FEMSA was aboard, the trip would have been a rare long-distance flight for the G280, which used 113 percent of its stated range. The aircraft's fuel burn and CO2 output for this single leg equaled about 47,518 miles of driving.

The departure airport in Toluca has a longest runway of 13,780 feet and an elevation of 8,466 feet. The arrival airport in Punta del Este has a longest runway of 6,998 feet and an elevation of 95 feet. The distance from the aircraft's home base in Monterrey to Punta del Este is 4,449 nm. The Gulfstream G280 has a top speed of Mach 0.84 or 482 knots and is described as the fastest and most fuel-efficient super midsize jet in its class. Its estimated fuel burn is 250 US gallons per hour.

The flight adds a new destination to XA-FMX's recent activity, which included nine flights in the prior 30 days totaling 19.4 hours in the air.