Jimmy Haslam's Dassault Falcon 2000EX hops 12 miles from Burke Lakefront to Cleveland Hopkins

Jimmy Haslam's Dassault Falcon 2000EX, tail number N715CB, departed Burke Lakefront Airport (KBKL) in Cleveland at 02:59 UTC on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, and landed at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (KCLE) at 03:13 UTC. The flight took 14 minutes.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 12 nautical miles, or about 13 miles. The aircraft averaged a ground speed of 51 knots and reached a highest altitude of 3,600 feet. Its top ground speed was 268 knots. Based on celebplanes estimates, the flight burned about 57 US gallons of fuel and produced about 546 kilograms of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 1,351 miles. The Dassault Falcon 2000EX is a super midsize jet with a range of 3,800 nautical miles, a ceiling of 47,000 feet, and seating for up to 12 passengers.

Burke Lakefront Airport's longest runway is 6,604 feet, with an elevation of 583 feet. Cleveland Hopkins International Airport's longest runway is 9,953 feet, with an elevation of 791 feet. The Dassault Falcon 2000EX has a top speed of Mach 0.86, or 508 knots, and is equipped with an EASy flight deck. The aircraft's estimated fuel burn is 250 US gallons per hour.

This was the fifth tracked landing by N715CB at Cleveland Hopkins in the 30 days before this flight. The previous landing at KCLE occurred on October 19, 2026, just one day earlier. Over the same 30-day window, the aircraft made 39 flights totaling 33.5 hours in the air, visiting 19 airports. The most common destinations were Knoxville/Maryville (KTYS, 11 landings), Burke Lakefront (KBKL, 9 landings), and Cleveland Hopkins (KCLE, 4 landings). Recent trips included a hop from Teterboro to Cleveland on October 20, a Cleveland-to-Teterboro leg on October 19, and a Knoxville-to-Cleveland flight on October 19.

Jimmy Haslam is the owner of Pilot Flying J and the Cleveland Browns. Cleveland Hopkins International Airport is the primary commercial airport serving the city and is close to the Browns' headquarters and training facilities. No public appearance or team event was listed for Haslam at the airport on October 20.

The short hop between Cleveland's two airports is a routine repositioning flight. It moved the aircraft from the lakefront general aviation field to the larger commercial hub without any passenger pickup or drop-off implied.

In the 30 days before this flight, tracking recorded 40 flights for N715CB, from September 19, 2026, to October 20, 2026. The longest leg in that period was from Nashville to West Palm Beach on September 21, 2026, covering 664 nautical miles. The aircraft had about 0 hours on the ground before this flight, with its previous tracked landing also on October 20, 2026, at Cleveland.

Tracking data shows N715CB continues to operate primarily in the eastern United States, with frequent stops in Tennessee and Ohio.