Jerry Jones's Airbus H145 N945DC makes a 5-minute hop from Dallas to Arlington

Jerry Jones's Airbus H145, tail number N945DC, flew from Dallas Love Field to Arlington Municipal Airport on Thursday, October 29, 2026. The flight departed at 16:20 UTC and landed at 16:25 UTC, spending just 5 minutes in the air. The great-circle distance between the two airports is 10 nautical miles, or about 11 miles.

The helicopter reached a highest altitude of 1,275 feet and a top ground speed of 122 knots. Based on our estimate, the aircraft burned about 8 US gallons of fuel, producing roughly 78 kilograms of CO2 — equivalent to driving a car 192 miles. The Airbus H145 is a light twin-engine helicopter designed for short hops, with a typical range of around 370 nautical miles and seating for up to nine passengers.

This is the fourth tracked landing by any of Jerry Jones's aircraft at Arlington Municipal Airport since August 15, 2026. The previous landing at Arlington was on October 8, 2026, also by N945DC. Jerry Jones's home base is Dallas Love Field, and his usual destinations include Las Vegas, Chicago, Miami, Washington, Minneapolis, and Orlando. Before this flight, N945DC had been on the ground for about 20 days, since its last tracked landing on October 9 at Dallas.

Jerry Jones is the owner, president, and general manager of the Dallas Cowboys since 1989, with a net worth of about $13 billion from his energy and oil business, Jones Oil & Land Lease. He lives in Highland Park, Dallas. Arlington Municipal Airport is about 17 nautical miles from his home base and sits near AT&T Stadium, where the Cowboys play their home games. The team's next home game is scheduled for Sunday, November 1, 2026, against the Atlanta Falcons, according to the NFL schedule.

If Jerry Jones was aboard, the short flight would have positioned him near the stadium complex just days before the game. The helicopter is registered to the Dallas Cowboys and shares the 'DC' tail convention with the team's Gulfstream V, N1DC.

The flight adds to a busy month for Jerry Jones's fleet, which has logged 11 flights in the 30 days before this one, totaling 29.4 hours in the air and an estimated 120,034 kilograms of CO2.

Dallas Love Field, the departure airport, has a longest runway of 8,800 feet and sits at an elevation of 487 feet. Arlington Municipal Airport, the arrival field, has a longest runway of 6,080 feet and an elevation of 628 feet. The helicopter burns an estimated 90 US gallons of fuel per hour.

In the tracked window from August 15 to October 27, 2026, all of Jerry Jones's aircraft made 34 flights. The most common destinations were Dallas with 15 landings, Arlington with 3 landings, and Van Nuys with 3 landings. The longest leg in that period was a 4,286-nautical-mile flight from Paris to Dallas on October 3 by the Gulfstream V, tail number N1DC.