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

Jerry Jones's Airbus H145, tail number N945DC, flew from Dallas Love Field to Arlington Municipal Airport on Sunday, November 8, 2026. The helicopter departed at 01:27 UTC and landed at 01:34 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 1,300 feet and a top ground speed of 130 knots. Based on our estimate, the aircraft burned about 10 US gallons of fuel, producing roughly 98 kilograms of CO2, equivalent to driving a car 244 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 6th tracked landing by any of Jerry Jones's aircraft at Arlington Municipal Airport since August 31, 2026. The previous landing at Arlington was on November 1, 2026, by the same 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, N945DC had been on the ground for about 6 days, since its previous tracked landing on November 2 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. The helicopter is registered to the Dallas Cowboys and shares the 'DC' tail convention with the team's Gulfstream V, N1DC. Arlington Municipal Airport sits less than two miles from AT&T Stadium, where the Cowboys play their home games.

The flight adds to a busy period for Jerry Jones's fleet, which has logged 12 flights in the 30 days before this one, totaling 10.0 hours in the air and an estimated 39,565 kilograms of CO2. Dallas Love Field, the departure airport, has a longest runway of 8,800 feet and an elevation of 487 feet. Arlington Municipal Airport, the arrival airport, has a longest runway of 6,080 feet and an elevation of 628 feet. The helicopter burns an estimated 90 US gallons of fuel per hour.

The helicopter's distance from its home base at Dallas Love Field to Arlington Municipal Airport is 17 nautical miles. The most common destinations in that period were Dallas with 18 landings, Arlington with 5 landings, and Fayetteville with 2 landings.

The longest leg flown by any of Jerry Jones's aircraft in those 30 days was a Dallas to Philadelphia trip on October 26, 2026, covering 1,123 nautical miles aboard the Gulfstream V, tail number N1DC. On October 29, 2026, the same helicopter, N945DC, flew from Dallas to Arlington in 5 minutes over 10 nautical miles.

Jerry Jones also owns the motor yacht Bravo Eugenia, a 109-meter vessel built by Oceanco in 2018. As of a fix logged 37 minutes ago, the yacht was at rest in the West Mediterranean, 4,284 nautical miles from Arlington Municipal Airport and 4,274 nautical miles from Dallas Love Field.