Harrison Ford returns to Hawthorne after a Phoenix maintenance stop

Harrison Ford flew from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport to Jack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal Airport on May 12, 2026, a one-hour trip in his Cessna Citation Sovereign (N6GU). The flight followed a May 10 leg from the Los Angeles area to Phoenix, suggesting a brief out-and-back.

The same week, Ford’s annual pilgrimage to Wichita for simulator training remains a thing of the past. FlightSafety International moved its Citation Sovereign simulator to Orlando and Atlanta, and Ford has shifted his aircraft maintenance to a Cessna service center in Mesa, Arizona, per the Wichita Eagle and Ground Control. The Phoenix-area stop likely covered that servicing before he returned to his home base at Hawthorne.

Ford, an experienced pilot who survived a 2015 crash in Santa Monica, has long used his Sovereign for cross-country travel tied to training and conservation work. The Mesa service center has become a new routine stop, replacing the Wichita visits that once drew local fans and a documentary crew.