GLOCK's Global Express XRS flies from Germany to Dobbins Air Reserve Base

GLOCK's Bombardier Global Express XRS, tail number OE-IGG, landed at Dobbins Air Reserve Base (KMGE) in Marietta, Georgia, on Monday, October 19, 2026, at 16:16 UTC. The aircraft departed from Lager Hammelburg Airfield (EDFJ) in Germany at 06:59 UTC, spending 9 hours and 17 minutes in the air. The great-circle distance between the two airports is 4,032 nautical miles (4,640 miles, 7,467 km).

Dobbins Air Reserve Base sits at 1,068 feet elevation with a 10,002-foot runway. The departure field, Lager Hammelburg Airfield, is at 1,132 feet. The aircraft typically seats 13 passengers, with capacity for up to 16.

The Bombardier Global Express XRS is an Ultra Long Range business jet with a top speed of Mach 0.89 (488 knots) and a service ceiling of 51,000 feet. On this flight, the aircraft reached a highest altitude of 45,025 feet and a top ground speed of 528 knots, with an average ground speed of 434 knots. The flight used about 65 percent of the aircraft's 6,160-nautical-mile range. Celebplanes estimates the aircraft burned about 3,715 US gallons of fuel, producing approximately 35,690 kg (35.7 metric tons) of CO2, equivalent to driving a car 88,341 miles.

This is the first tracked landing by GLOCK's aircraft at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in the available flight history. The aircraft's home base is Klagenfurt Airport (LOWK) in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Austria, about 4,290 nautical miles from Marietta. In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft visited three airports in three countries, flying about 10,633 nautical miles. The longest leg in that period was from Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, to Teterboro on October 5, 2026, covering 3,477 nautical miles in 8 hours 31 minutes. Another tracked aircraft, a Norfolk Southern Bombardier Challenger 605, landed at Marietta about 21 hours earlier.

Before this flight, the aircraft had been on the ground for about seven days. In the 30 days prior, it flew four flights totaling 23.1 hours. Celebplanes estimates those flights produced about 88,591 kg of CO2.

GLOCK Ges.m.b.H. is the Austrian firearms manufacturer founded by Gaston Glock in 1963. The company remains privately held and discloses almost nothing. Gaston Glock died on December 27, 2023, aged 94, and control consolidated under his second wife, Kathrin Glock. The company's aircraft is registered to Glock Aviation GmbH, which operates from Klagenfurt and markets the airframe for charter. A web search found no scheduled public appearance, board meeting, or court date for GLOCK near Marietta at this time. (krone.at) reported that Gaston Glock's urn was transported by a Glock Aviation helicopter and jet in late December 2023, but no similar event is tied to this flight.

The aircraft is registered to Glock Aviation GmbH, which also markets it for charter from Austria. Earlier records list Glock Services GmbH as the operator. The jet is photographed regularly at Vienna Schwechat.

This flight from Germany to Georgia adds a new destination to GLOCK's tracked movements. The aircraft's next flight will be logged when it broadcasts its position again.