John Travolta's Boeing 737 N327JT flies 80 nm from Tampa to Ocala

John Travolta's Boeing 737-300 BBJ, tail N327JT, flew from Tampa International Airport (KTPA) to Jumbolair-Greystone Airport (17FL) in Ocala on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. The flight took 19 minutes, departing at 13:59 UTC and landing at 14:18 UTC.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 80 nautical miles, or 92 miles. The aircraft averaged a ground speed of 250 knots, reaching a top speed of 349 knots and a highest altitude of 9,950 feet. Based on our estimates, the flight burned about 256 US gallons of fuel and produced about 2,459 kilograms of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 6,087 miles. The Boeing 737-300 BBJ is a VIP-converted airliner with a range of 2,500 nautical miles, a ceiling of 37,000 feet, and seating for typically 25 passengers.

This was the fifth landing by one of John Travolta's aircraft at Ocala in the tracked window from May 29 to November 3, 2026. The previous landing at Ocala was on October 20, also by N327JT, 14 days earlier. John Travolta's home base is Ocala International Airport (KOCF), which is 8 nautical miles from Jumbolair-Greystone Airport. Other aircraft on file for this owner include a Dassault Falcon 900B (N905FJ), an Eclipse 500 (N218JT), and a Bombardier Global Express (N59DB). In the 30 days before this flight, the owner's aircraft made 8 flights, spent 14.4 hours in the air, and produced about 78,863 kilograms of CO2.

John Travolta is an actor known for films such as Pulp Fiction, Grease, and Saturday Night Fever. He is a licensed pilot with multiple type ratings including the Boeing 707, 720, 747, and 737. He lives at Jumbolair Aviation Estates, a fly-in community in Ocala, Florida, where his home has a runway in the backyard. The arrival airport, 17FL, is the private airfield for that community, just 8 nautical miles from his home base.

This short flight returned the Boeing 737 to the owner's home area after a trip that included a 1-hour-51-minute leg from Dulles to Tampa earlier that same day. The aircraft had been in Tampa for about 9 hours before this final hop to Ocala.

The flight used just 3 percent of the aircraft's range. The departure runway at Tampa International Airport is 11,002 feet long at an elevation of 26 feet. The arrival runway at Jumbolair-Greystone Airport is 7,380 feet long at an elevation of 100 feet.

In the tracked window from May 29 to November 3, 2026, all of John Travolta's aircraft made 39 flights. The most common destinations were Pinellas Park with 10 landings, Ocala with 4 landings, and Miami with 4 landings. The longest leg in the 30 days before this flight was Las Vegas to Pinellas Park on October 22, covering 1,716 nautical miles in a Bombardier Global Express.

On October 31, the Boeing 737 flew from Pinellas Park to Dulles in 2 hours and 2 minutes, covering 713 nautical miles. On October 20, it flew from Miami to Ocala in 46 minutes, covering 230 nautical miles. The Boeing 737-300 BBJ has a top speed of Mach 0.74, or 429 knots, and burns about 800 US gallons of fuel per hour.