Jerry Jones's Airbus H145 N945DC flies from Grand Prairie to Dallas in 10 minutes

Jerry Jones's Airbus H145, tail number N945DC, flew from Grand Prairie Municipal Airport to Dallas Love Field on Sunday, November 8, 2026. The helicopter departed at 03:36 UTC and landed at 03:45 UTC, spending 10 minutes in the air. The great-circle distance between the two airports is 14 nautical miles, or about 16 miles.

The helicopter reached a highest altitude of 1,775 feet and a top ground speed of 115 knots. Based on our estimate, the aircraft burned about 14 US gallons of fuel, producing roughly 138 kilograms of CO2, equivalent to driving a car 342 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 September 7, 2026. The previous landing at Dallas was on November 2, 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 2 hours, since its previous tracked landing on November 8 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 flight adds to a busy period for Jerry Jones's fleet, which has logged 13 flights in the 30 days before this one, totaling 10.1 hours in the air and an estimated 39,663 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. This flight ended at the home base on file for Jerry Jones's aircraft.

The most common destination was Dallas, with 17 landings. The longest leg in that period was Dallas to Philadelphia on October 26, covering 1,123 nautical miles aboard the Gulfstream V, tail number N1DC.

Another aircraft landed at Dallas Love Field about 24 hours before this flight: a Gulfstream G600 operated by AT&T. Jerry Jones also owns the 109-meter motor yacht Bravo Eugenia, built by Oceanco in 2018. As of a fix logged 34 minutes ago, the yacht was at rest in the West Mediterranean, about 4,271 nautical miles from Dallas Love Field.