Jerry Jones's Airbus H145 makes a seven-minute hop to Dallas Love Field

Jerry Jones's Airbus H145, tail number N945DC, flew from Grand Prairie Municipal Airport to Dallas Love Field on Thursday, October 29, 2026. The helicopter departed at 17:40 UTC and landed seven minutes later at 17:47 UTC. The short hop covered a great-circle distance of 11 nautical miles, or about 13 miles.

Grand Prairie Municipal Airport has a longest runway of 4,001 feet and sits at an elevation of 588 feet. Dallas Love Field's longest runway is 8,800 feet, with an elevation of 487 feet. The helicopter's fuel burn is estimated at 90 US gallons per hour.

The flight reached a top ground speed of 125 knots and a highest altitude of 1,300 feet. Celebplanes estimates the helicopter burned about 10 US gallons of fuel, producing roughly 98 kilograms of CO2, about the same as driving a car 241 miles. The Airbus H145 is a light twin-engine helicopter built for short regional trips, with a typical range of around 370 nautical miles and seating for up to nine passengers.

This was the 15th landing at Dallas Love Field tracked for Jerry Jones's aircraft since August 15, 2026. The last landing at Dallas before this flight was on October 27, when the Gulfstream V N1DC arrived from Philadelphia. In the 24 hours before this landing, two other tracked aircraft arrived at Dallas: a Gulfstream G600 linked to Kimbal Musk landed about 21 hours earlier, and another Gulfstream G600 linked to Altria landed about 14 hours earlier.

Jerry Jones is the owner, president, and general manager of the Dallas Cowboys, a position he has held since 1989. He is also an energy and oil magnate through Jones Oil & Land Lease, with a net worth of roughly $13 billion. Dallas Love Field is his home base, and the helicopter is registered to the Dallas Cowboys, sharing the 'DC' tail convention with the Gulfstream V N1DC. The helicopter typically operates short hops around the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, including to The Star in Frisco and AT&T Stadium in Arlington.

No recent news reports tie Jerry Jones to a specific public appearance near Dallas Love Field on this date. The flight fits a pattern of brief repositioning moves between local airports, similar to a six-minute hop from Grand Prairie to Dallas on October 9 and a five-minute hop from Dallas to Arlington earlier on October 29.

In the 30 days before this flight, all of Jerry Jones's tracked aircraft made 12 flights totaling 29.5 hours in the air. Those flights produced an estimated 120,112 kilograms of CO2. The longest leg in that period was a 4,286-nautical-mile trip from Paris to Dallas on October 3.

The flight ended at the owner's home base, where the aircraft remains as of the last tracked position.