N82EM flies from Washington to Titusville in 1 hour 32 minutes

Jared Isaacman's 2007 Bombardier Global Express XRS, tail number N82EM, flew from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (KDCA) in Washington, D.C. to the Space Florida Launch and Landing Facility (KTTS) in Titusville, Florida on Friday, October 23, 2026. The flight departed at 15:36 UTC and landed at 17:08 UTC, spending 1 hour and 32 minutes in the air.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 642 nautical miles, or 738 miles. The aircraft averaged 419 knots ground speed and reached a top speed of 543 knots. Its highest altitude during the flight was 40,025 feet. The flight burned an estimated 659 US gallons of fuel, producing about 6,329 kilograms of CO2, roughly equal to driving a car 15,666 miles. N82EM is an Ultra Long Range jet with a range of 6,160 nautical miles, a ceiling of 51,000 feet, and seating for up to 16 passengers.

The runway at Reagan National is 7,169 feet long and sits at 15 feet above sea level. The Space Florida runway is 15,001 feet long at 10 feet elevation. The distance from the home base in Allentown to Titusville is 767 nautical miles. The aircraft's top speed is Mach 0.89, or 488 knots. It burns an estimated 430 US gallons of fuel per hour.

This was the first tracked landing at Titusville in the six-flight window from October 18 to October 23. The aircraft's home base is Lehigh Valley International Airport in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Usual destinations on file include Washington Dulles International Airport and the Space Florida Launch and Landing Facility. The four most recent flights before this one were a round trip between Allentown and New Century on October 18, followed by a New Century to Las Vegas leg, a Las Vegas to New Century leg, and a New Century to Washington leg on October 20, and a Washington to Allentown leg on October 21. This flight departed Washington about 2 hours after the previous tracked landing there.

In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft made six flights totaling 10.2 hours in the air. Those flights produced an estimated 42,089 kilograms of CO2. The longest leg in that period was New Century to Las Vegas on October 18, covering 979 nautical miles. The aircraft visited four airports in one country over about 3,960 nautical miles.

Jared Isaacman founded Shift4, a payments company based in Allentown, after dropping out of high school. He also started Draken International, which trains fighter pilots using former military jets. He paid for and commanded two private SpaceX missions, Inspiration4 in 2021 and Polaris Dawn in 2024, where he made the first commercial spacewalk. He was confirmed as NASA administrator in late 2025. The Space Florida Launch and Landing Facility is adjacent to the Kennedy Space Center, where SpaceX launches take place.

On October 23, the same day as the Titusville flight, the aircraft flew from Allentown to Washington in 37 minutes over 131 nautical miles. Two days earlier, on October 21, it flew from Washington back to Allentown in 30 minutes over the same distance.

The flight from Washington to Titusville used 10 percent of the aircraft's range. The Bombardier Global Express XRS entered service in 2006 and is known for improved range and performance over the original Global Express.