Greg Gianforte's aircraft flies from Montana to California the week of his 56-county tour

Greg Gianforte's Pilatus PC-12/47E (N1247E) was tracked flying from Dell Flight Strip in Montana to Little River Airport in California on June 30, 2026 — a roughly two-hour hop that lands the aircraft in Mendocino County the same week the governor's office has been promoting his 56-county tour of eastern Montana, per [bozemandailychronicle.com](https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/gianforte-calls-eastern-montana-an-underutilized-gem-during-terry-visit/article_7b2fa741-50de-55f8-ae6d-798a31d31120.html).

If aboard, Greg Gianforte would be trading prairie trail meetings and tax-cut town halls for the California coast. The aircraft's prior movements show a June 26 round-trip between Montana and the same Northern California area — suggesting a recurring itinerary rather than a one-off. Little River Airport serves the Mendocino coast, a region with no obvious Gianforte business or family ties on the public record.

The governor maintains a publicly stated policy of paying for all personal aircraft costs, having opted his plane out of the FAA's public tracking database in 2023. While the state newsroom has highlighted his busiest touring weeks in Big Horn, Prairie, and Treasure counties, the aircraft's pattern suggests at least one detour that doesn't appear on the governor's published schedule.