Ken Griffey Jr.'s Cirrus Vision Jet lands at Stuart for fifth time in tracked window

Ken Griffey Jr.'s Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet, tail number N124KG, departed Kissimmee Gateway Airport in Orlando at 09:06 UTC on Saturday, October 31, 2026, and landed at Witham Field in Stuart 33 minutes later at 09:39 UTC. The flight covered a great-circle distance of 93 nautical miles, or 107 miles. The aircraft reached a highest altitude of 9,925 feet and a top ground speed of 263 knots, with an average ground speed of 168 knots.

The 93 nm hop burned an estimated 61 US gallons of fuel, producing about 584 kg of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 1,444 miles. The Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet is a single-engine light jet built for short trips, with a typical range of about 690 nm and seating for up to five people including the pilot. Its service ceiling is 28,000 feet, though this flight stayed well below that at 9,925 feet.

The departure airport, Kissimmee Gateway, has a longest runway of 6,001 feet at an elevation of 82 feet. The arrival airport, Witham Field, has a longest runway of 5,828 feet at an elevation of 16 feet.

This was the fifth tracked landing at Stuart in the window of 22 flights recorded between July 7 and October 27, 2026. The last landing at Stuart before this one was on October 26, five days earlier. The aircraft had been on the ground at Orlando for about four days since its previous tracked landing on October 27. In the 30 days before this flight, the Vision Jet visited three airports in one country, flew about 784 nm, and logged 3.4 hours in the air. The longest leg in that period was a 381 nm trip from Stuart to Augusta on October 26. Among other aircraft tracked at Stuart in the 24 hours before this landing, a Norfolk Southern Embraer Praetor 500 landed about 15 hours earlier.

In the tracked window before this flight, the most common destinations for the aircraft were Orlando, with four landings, and Stuart, also with four landings. Fort Pierce saw two landings. The aircraft's fuel burn is estimated at 110 US gallons per hour.

Ken Griffey Jr. is a MLB Hall of Famer. The aircraft's recent flight history shows a pattern of short hops between Florida airports and occasional trips to the Southeast, including stops in Augusta, Gainesville, and Knoxville. The Treasure Coast area around Stuart has been a recurring destination, with four previous landings at Witham Field in the tracked window. A search of local news for October 31, 2026, found no scheduled public appearances, games, or events tied to Ken Griffey Jr. or his organisation near Stuart on that date.

Recent flights by the same owner include a trip from Augusta to Orlando on October 27, covering 310 nautical miles in 1 hour and 17 minutes. On September 14, a flight from Vero Beach to Orlando took 20 minutes over 62 nautical miles. Two flights on September 13 included a 159-nautical-mile hop from Gainesville to Fort Pierce in 49 minutes and a 90-nautical-mile flight from Knoxville/Maryville to Blountville in 31 minutes.

The flight adds another short leg to the Vision Jet's record of regional travel. The aircraft remains at Witham Field as of the landing time.