Jon Shirley's Falcon 7X returns to Everett from Paris in 10h 22m

Jon Shirley's Dassault Falcon 7X, tail number N74JK, landed at Seattle Paine Field International Airport (KPAE) on Saturday, October 24, 2026, at 19:57 UTC. The aircraft departed from Paris-Le Bourget International Airport (LFPB) in France at 09:35 UTC. The flight took 10 hours and 22 minutes to complete.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 4,324 nautical miles, or 4,976 miles. The aircraft averaged a ground speed of 417 knots and reached a top speed of 477 knots. It climbed to a highest altitude of 43,025 feet. Based on our estimate, the flight burned about 2,593 US gallons of fuel, producing about 24.9 metric tons of CO2. The Falcon 7X is an ultra-long-range trijet with a range of 5,950 nautical miles and a ceiling of 51,000 feet. It typically seats 12 to 16 passengers.

This was the fourth landing at Everett in the tracked window of 11 flights since September 25, 2026. The previous landing at Everett was on October 11, 2026, 13 days before this flight. The aircraft's home base is King County International Airport, Boeing Field (KBFI), about 23 nautical miles south of Everett. In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft visited nine airports in three countries and flew about 14,247 nautical miles. The longest leg in that period was from Everett to Venice on October 16, 2026, covering 4,714 nautical miles.

Jon Shirley is the former president, chief operating officer, and director of Microsoft. He joined the company in 1983, oversaw its 1986 initial public offering and the construction of the Redmond campus, and remained on the board until 2008. He lives in Medina, Washington, across Lake Washington from Microsoft's headquarters. Shirley and his late wife Mary built a significant collection of modern art, including more than 40 works by Alexander Calder, which they donated to the Seattle Art Museum. He remarried in 2016 to Kim Richter Shirley, and the couple appears on the ARTnews Top 200 collectors list.

The Falcon 7X used 73 percent of its range on this flight. The aircraft's top speed is Mach 0.90, or 497 knots. It is a trijet with fly-by-wire controls, three living areas and an EASy cockpit. The estimated fuel burn is 250 US gallons per hour.

The aircraft is registered to Executive Jet Management, NetJets' managed-aircraft arm. The tail number N74JK appears to be a set of initials, similar to the Gates family's WM tails. The aircraft returned to the Seattle area after a four-day stay in Paris.

Before this flight, the aircraft had been on the ground for about four days. Its previous tracked landing was on October 20, 2026, at Paris. In the tracked window, the most common destinations were Everett with three landings, Teterboro with two landings and Venice with two landings.