Jimmy Haslam's Falcon 2000EX flies 143 miles from Nashville to Knoxville

Jimmy Haslam's Dassault Falcon 2000EX, tail number N715CB, departed John C Tune Airport (KJWN) in Nashville at 18:13 UTC on Sunday, October 25, 2026, and landed at McGhee Tyson Airport (KTYS) in Knoxville/Maryville at 18:45 UTC. The flight took 32 minutes.

The aircraft had been on the ground at Nashville for about three hours before departing. The previous tracked landing at Nashville was also on October 25, 2026. The longest leg in the 30 days before this flight was from Nashville to Concord on October 24, covering 830 nautical miles.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 143 nautical miles, or about 165 miles. The aircraft averaged a ground speed of 270 knots and reached a highest altitude of 21,025 feet. Its top ground speed was 469 knots. Based on celebplanes estimates, the flight burned about 133 US gallons of fuel and produced about 1,273 kilograms of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 3,151 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.

The Dassault Falcon 2000EX has a top speed of Mach 0.86, or 508 knots. It features an extended range and an EASy flight deck. The flight used about 4 percent of the aircraft's total range. The departure field at Nashville has a longest runway of 6,001 feet at an elevation of 495 feet. The arrival field at Knoxville has a longest runway of 10,000 feet at an elevation of 981 feet.

This was the eighth tracked landing by N715CB at Knoxville/Maryville in the 30 days before this flight. The previous landing at KTYS occurred on October 22, 2026, four days earlier. Over the same 30-day window, the aircraft made 40 flights totaling 39.1 hours in the air, visiting 10 airports. The most common destinations were Burke Lakefront (KBKL, 10 landings), Cleveland Hopkins (KCLE, 7 landings), and Knoxville/Maryville (KTYS, 7 landings). Recent trips included a flight from Nashville to Cleveland on October 25, a Cleveland-to-Nashville leg on October 25, and a hop from Concord to Nashville on October 24.

Jimmy Haslam is the owner of Pilot Flying J and the Cleveland Browns. McGhee Tyson Airport is the primary airport serving Knoxville and Maryville, Tennessee, a region near Pilot Flying J's headquarters. No public appearance or team event was listed for Haslam at the airport on October 25.

Recent flights by the same owner include a Cleveland-to-Nashville leg on October 25 covering 401 nautical miles in 1 hour 8 minutes, and a Nashville-to-Cleveland leg the same day covering 402 nautical miles in 1 hour 4 minutes. Other recent flights include a Concord-to-Nashville leg on October 24 covering 826 nautical miles in 1 hour 56 minutes, and a Nashville-to-Concord leg the same day covering 830 nautical miles in 2 hours 1 minute.

The short hop between Nashville and Knoxville is a routine flight that moves the aircraft between two Tennessee cities without any passenger pickup or drop-off implied. Tracking data shows N715CB continues to operate primarily in the eastern United States, with frequent stops in Tennessee and Ohio.