Jerry Jones's Airbus H145 N945DC flies from Grand Prairie to Dallas in 7 minutes

Jerry Jones's Airbus H145, tail number N945DC, flew from Grand Prairie Municipal Airport to Dallas Love Field on Monday, November 2, 2026. The helicopter departed at 00:36 UTC and landed at 00:43 UTC, spending 7 minutes in the air. The great-circle distance between the two airports is 11 nautical miles, or about 13 miles.

The helicopter reached a highest altitude of 1,050 feet and a top ground speed of 117 knots. Based on our estimate, the aircraft burned about 11 US gallons of fuel, producing roughly 106 kilograms of CO2, equivalent to driving a car 262 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 18th tracked landing by any of Jerry Jones's aircraft at Dallas Love Field since August 23, 2026. The previous landing at Dallas was on November 1, 2026, by the Gulfstream V, tail number 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, N945DC had been on the ground for about 7 hours, since its previous tracked landing on November 1 at Arlington.

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 helicopter is registered to the Dallas Cowboys and shares the 'DC' tail convention with the team's Gulfstream V, N1DC.

The most common destination was Dallas, with 17 landings. Arlington had five landings, and Fayetteville had two. The longest leg in that period was a 4,286-nautical-mile flight from Paris to Dallas on October 3, 2026, by the Gulfstream V.

On November 1, the Gulfstream V flew from Dallas to Fayetteville in 49 minutes, covering 232 nautical miles. It then returned to Dallas in 40 minutes, covering 234 nautical miles. Later that day, it flew Dallas to Fayetteville again in 43 minutes, covering 230 nautical miles. On October 29, the H145 flew from Dallas to Arlington in five minutes, covering 10 nautical miles.

Jerry Jones also owns the 109-meter motor yacht Bravo Eugenia, built by Oceanco in 2018. As of a fix logged 39 minutes ago, the yacht was at rest in the West Mediterranean. That position is 4,272 nautical miles from Dallas Love Field and 4,282 nautical miles from Grand Prairie Municipal Airport.

The flight adds to a busy period for Jerry Jones's fleet, which has logged 16 flights in the 30 days before this one, totaling 22.6 hours in the air and an estimated 90,722 kilograms of CO2. Grand Prairie Municipal Airport, the departure field, has a longest runway of 4,001 feet and sits at an elevation of 588 feet. Dallas Love Field, the arrival airport, has a longest runway of 8,800 feet and an elevation of 487 feet. The helicopter burns an estimated 90 US gallons of fuel per hour.