Jerry Jones's Gulfstream V N1DC flies from Dallas to Fayetteville in 49 minutes

Jerry Jones's Gulfstream V, tail number N1DC, flew from Dallas Love Field to Drake Field in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on Sunday, November 1, 2026. The flight departed at 23:34 UTC and landed at 00:23 UTC, spending 49 minutes in the air. The great-circle distance between the two airports is 232 nautical miles, or about 268 miles.

The Gulfstream V reached a highest altitude of 23,100 feet and a top ground speed of 477 knots. Based on our estimate, the aircraft burned about 350 US gallons of fuel, producing roughly 3,360 kilograms of CO2 — equivalent to driving a car 8,316 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 a ceiling of 51,000 feet. It typically seats 14 passengers.

This is the second landing by any of Jerry Jones's aircraft at Fayetteville in the tracked window since August 22, 2026. The previous landing at Fayetteville was earlier on November 1, also by N1DC. 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 8 hours since its previous tracked landing at Dallas. In the 30 days before this flight, Jones's fleet made 15 flights, totaling 21.8 hours in the air and an estimated 87,362 kilograms of CO2.

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. If Jerry Jones was aboard, the flight would have positioned him in Fayetteville the day after the game.

The flight adds to a busy period for Jerry Jones's fleet, which has used 9 airports in 2 countries over the past 30 days. The longest leg in that period was a 4,286-nautical-mile flight from Paris to Dallas on October 3 by the Gulfstream V. The Gulfstream V is one of two aircraft tracked for Jerry Jones, alongside the Airbus H145 helicopter N945DC.

The aircraft used 3 percent of its range on this leg. Its average ground speed was 286 knots. The Gulfstream V is the original GV, the first ultra-long-range Gulfstream. Our estimate of fuel burn is 430 US gallons per hour.

In the tracked window since August 22, 2026, all of Jerry Jones's aircraft have made 34 flights. The most common destinations in that window were Dallas with 17 landings and Arlington with 5 landings. Earlier on November 1, the helicopter N945DC flew from Dallas to Arlington, covering 12 nautical miles in 7 minutes.

Drake Field has a longest runway of 6,005 feet and sits at an elevation of 1,251 feet. Dallas Love Field, the departure airport, has a longest runway of 8,800 feet and an elevation of 487 feet.