General Electric flies from Ohio resort to Vermont factory for site visit

General Electric departed the Hide-A-Way Hills Resort Airport in Ohio on June 2, landing 97 minutes later at Rutland-Southern Vermont Regional Airport, per flight data. The trip, aboard the company’s modest HondaJet N120GE, brought CEO Larry Culp to the Green Mountain State.

The same week, Culp is visiting GE Aerospace’s Rutland facility, which produces composite fan blades for the GE9X and other engines. The plant is a critical part of the company’s supply chain, and such visits are routine for the CEO, who has emphasized operational oversight since the aerospace spinoff.

The Rutland trip fits a pattern: recent flights show multiple hops between Cincinnati and the Burlington area, as well as a Florida swing. Even the CEO of a Fortune 500 company can’t resist mixing a factory tour with a working getaway — especially when the company jet seats just six.