Howard Lutnick's Embraer Lineage 1000E flies from Washington to Albany

Howard Lutnick's Embraer Lineage 1000E, tail N527AH, flew from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Albany International Airport on Wednesday, October 21, 2026. The aircraft departed at 14:10 UTC and landed at 15:13 UTC, spending 1 hour and 4 minutes in the air. The great-circle distance between the two airports is 275 nautical miles, or 317 miles. The flight path covered 510 kilometers.

The aircraft traveled at an average ground speed of 260 knots, with a top speed of 413 knots. The highest altitude recorded was 21,025 feet. According to celebplanes estimates, the flight burned about 371 US gallons of fuel, producing roughly 3,561 kilograms of CO2. That is about the same as driving a car 8,815 miles. The Embraer Lineage 1000E is a widebody VIP jet derived from the E-190 regional airliner. It can seat up to 19 passengers in fully flat-bed seats and has a range of approximately 4,600 nautical miles.

This was the first tracked landing at Albany International Airport in the 40-flight window from September 9 to October 20, 2026. The aircraft's home base on file is Teterboro Airport, which is 115 nautical miles from Albany. In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft visited 12 airports in 3 countries and flew about 22,529 nautical miles. Recent flights include a trip from Teterboro to Washington on October 20, a flight from Bangor to Teterboro on October 20, and an 8-hour 18-minute leg from Orio al Serio, Italy, to Bangor on October 19.

The aircraft's most common destinations in the 30-day window before this flight were Washington, with 10 landings, and Newburgh, New York, with 8 landings. Teterboro saw 5 landings. The longest leg in that period was a 3,698-nautical-mile flight from Dulles to Orio al Serio, Italy, on October 16.

Howard Lutnick served as Chairman, President, and CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald from 1991 until his confirmation as Secretary of Commerce on February 21, 2025. He also chaired BGC Partners and Newmark Group. He lost 658 of his 960 New York office employees in the September 11 attacks. The aircraft is registered to Lineage Asset Company LLC, a Delaware holding entity. There is no public record of a scheduled appearance or event tied to Lutnick near Albany on this date.

The flight from Washington to Albany follows a pattern of shuttles between the capital and New York area airports. The flight itself is a matter of public record.

The aircraft had spent about 23 hours on the ground in Washington before this flight. In the 30 days before this trip, the plane flew 29 flights totaling 61.7 hours in the air. Celebplanes estimates those flights produced about 207,549 kilograms of CO2.

Albany International Airport's longest runway is 8,500 feet at an elevation of 285 feet. Washington's longest runway is 7,169 feet at 15 feet elevation. The aircraft burns an estimated 350 US gallons of fuel per hour.

If Howard Lutnick was aboard, he would have arrived in Albany on a Wednesday afternoon. The purpose of the trip is not known. The aircraft's flight history shows no prior Albany landings in the tracked window, making this a notable first visit.