John Travolta flies from St. Petersburg to Tampa the week of his Cannes triumph

John Travolta flew his Boeing 737-300 BBJ, N327JT, from St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport to Tampa International Airport on June 14, covering less than 20 nautical miles in a 91-minute flight that reached a max altitude of just 8,075 feet. The short hop, which hugged the Florida coast, came three weeks after the actor made a far more consequential journey: piloting a jet to the Cannes Film Festival for the world premiere of his directorial debut.

Travolta was in Cannes on May 15 for the premiere of Propeller One-Way Night Coach, a 61-minute autobiographical film based on his own childhood flight in 1962. During the screening, festival director Thierry Frémaux surprised him with an honorary Palme d'Or for lifetime achievement, which Travolta called "beyond the Oscar," per a Philstar.com report. The actor, 72, had flown himself and his daughter Ella Bleu to France for the festival; the film streams globally on Apple TV+ starting May 29, per Ocala-News.com.

Travolta's recent flight history shows a busy post-Cannes schedule: after returning to Florida on May 30, he flew to Texas, Washington state, and back, with a brief hop to Miami on June 4. The June 14 St. Pete-to-Tampa leg — essentially a repositioning flight between neighboring airports — suggests the actor is settling back into routines at his Jumbolair Aviation Estates home in Ocala, where his private runway accommodates the former Qantas 707 he donated to an Australian museum this spring.