N82EM flies from Allentown to Pittsburgh in 34 minutes

Jared Isaacman's Bombardier Global Express XRS, tail number N82EM, flew from Lehigh Valley International Airport in Allentown, Pennsylvania to Pittsburgh International Airport on Tuesday, October 27, 2026. The flight departed at 17:37 UTC and landed at 18:12 UTC, spending 34 minutes in the air.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 212 nautical miles, or 244 miles. The aircraft averaged 369 knots ground speed and reached a top speed of 522 knots. Its highest altitude during the short hop was 27,050 feet. The flight burned an estimated 247 US gallons of fuel, producing about 2,372 kilograms of CO2, roughly equal to driving a car 5,871 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 flight used about 3 percent of the aircraft's total range. Lehigh Valley International's longest runway is 7,599 feet at an elevation of 393 feet. Pittsburgh International's longest runway is 11,500 feet at 1,203 feet. The distance from the home base to Pittsburgh is 219 nautical miles.

This was the first tracked landing at Pittsburgh in the 16-flight window from October 18 to October 27. The aircraft's home base is Lehigh Valley International. Usual destinations on file include Washington Dulles International Airport and the Space Florida Launch and Landing Facility in Titusville. The four most recent flights before this one were a round trip between Allentown and Washington on October 27, followed by a Washington to Bozeman leg, a Bozeman to Washington leg on October 26, and an Allentown to Washington leg on October 26. Dick's Sporting Goods landed a Gulfstream G280 at Pittsburgh about 22 hours before this landing.

In the 30 days before this flight, the most common destinations were Washington, with four landings; Allentown, with three landings; and New Century, with two landings. The longest leg in that period was Bozeman to Washington on October 26, covering 1,565 nautical miles. The aircraft had been on the ground for about 16 hours before this hop.

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. Allentown is the base for Shift4 and the owner company JDI Holdings LLC, which matches Isaacman's initials and hometown.

The Global Express XRS has a top speed of Mach 0.89, or 488 knots, and offers improved range and performance over the original Global Express. The estimated fuel burn is 430 US gallons per hour.

This short hop brought the aircraft to Pittsburgh after a trip that included stops at Washington and Bozeman earlier in the week. In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft made 16 flights totaling 24.6 hours in the air, covering about 9,768 nautical miles and producing an estimated 101,490 kilograms of CO2.