Jerry Jones's Gulfstream V N1DC returns to Dallas from Fayetteville in 40 minutes

Jerry Jones's Gulfstream V, tail number N1DC, flew from Drake Field in Fayetteville, Arkansas, to Dallas Love Field on Sunday, November 1, 2026. The flight departed at 14:27 UTC and landed at 15:08 UTC, spending 40 minutes in the air. The great-circle distance between the two airports is 234 nautical miles, or about 269 miles.

The aircraft reached a highest altitude of 24,000 feet and a top ground speed of 456 knots. Based on our estimate, the Gulfstream V burned about 288 US gallons of fuel, producing roughly 2,768 kilograms of CO2, equivalent to driving a car 6,851 miles. The Gulfstream V is an ultra-long-range jet with a range of 6,675 nautical miles, a top speed of Mach 0.885, and seating for up to 16 passengers. This flight used about 4 percent of the aircraft's range.

The Gulfstream V has a service ceiling of 51,000 feet. It was the first ultra-long-range Gulfstream. The aircraft burned an estimated 430 US gallons of fuel per hour. The average ground speed for this flight was 349 knots.

This is the 17th tracked landing by any of Jerry Jones's aircraft at Dallas Love Field since August 16, 2026. The previous landing at Dallas was on October 29, 2026, by the Airbus H145 helicopter 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, N1DC had been on the ground for about 2 hours, since its previous tracked landing at Fayetteville earlier the same day.

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. The Cowboys played a home game against the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, November 1, 2026, according to the NFL schedule.

Drake Field's longest runway is 6,005 feet, with an elevation of 1,251 feet. Dallas Love Field's longest runway is 8,800 feet, with an elevation of 487 feet. In the tracked window since August 16, 2026, the owner's aircraft have made 34 flights. The most common destinations in that window were Dallas, with 16 landings, and Arlington, with 4 landings.

The flight adds to a busy period for Jerry Jones's fleet, which has logged 13 flights in the 30 days before this one, totaling 21.0 hours in the air and an estimated 84,486 kilograms of CO2. In that window, the fleet visited 9 airports in 2 countries and flew about 8,199 nautical miles. The longest leg in that period was a 4,286-nautical-mile flight from Paris to Dallas on October 3 by the same Gulfstream V.

This flight ended at the home base on file for Jerry Jones's aircraft.