Jerry Jones's Airbus H145 N945DC makes a 7-minute hop from Dallas to Arlington

Jerry Jones's Airbus H145, tail number N945DC, flew from Dallas Love Field to Arlington Municipal Airport on Sunday, November 1, 2026. The helicopter departed at 17:24 UTC and landed at 17:32 UTC, spending 7 minutes in the air. The great-circle distance between the two airports is 12 nautical miles, or about 14 miles.

The helicopter reached a highest altitude of 850 feet and a top ground speed of 116 knots. Based on our estimate, the aircraft burned about 11 US gallons of fuel, producing roughly 108 kilograms of CO2, equivalent to driving a car 267 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 fifth tracked landing by any of Jerry Jones's aircraft at Arlington Municipal Airport since August 22, 2026. The previous landing at Arlington was on October 29, 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 3 days, since its last tracked landing on October 29 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 hours before the game. The helicopter is registered to the Dallas Cowboys and shares the 'DC' tail convention with the team's Gulfstream V, N1DC. In the 30 days before this flight, Jerry Jones's fleet logged 14 flights, totaling 21.6 hours in the air and an estimated 87,254 kilograms of CO2.

The helicopter burns an estimated 90 US gallons of fuel per hour. In the tracking window since August 22, 2026, the owner's two aircraft have flown 34 tracked flights. The most common destination in that period was Dallas, with 17 landings, followed by Arlington, with four landings.

The longest leg in those 30 days was a Gulfstream V flight from Paris to Dallas on October 3, covering 4,286 nautical miles. The fleet also logged a round trip to Fayetteville on November 1, with the Gulfstream V flying from Dallas to Fayetteville in 43 minutes over 230 nautical miles, then returning in 40 minutes over 234 nautical miles.

The flight adds to a busy day for the fleet, which also saw N1DC fly from Dallas to Fayetteville and back earlier on November 1. 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.