Ken Griffey Jr.'s Cirrus Vision Jet flies from Indiantown to Orlando in 25 minutes

Ken Griffey Jr.'s Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet, tail number N124KG, departed Indiantown Airport at 15:53 UTC on Friday, November 13, 2026, and landed at Kissimmee Gateway Airport in Orlando 25 minutes later at 16:18 UTC. The flight covered a great-circle distance of 92 nautical miles, or 105 miles. The aircraft reached a highest altitude of 10,100 feet and a top ground speed of 273 knots, with an average ground speed of 222 knots.

The 92 nm hop burned an estimated 45 US gallons of fuel, producing about 436 kg of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 1,080 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 10,100 feet. The departure airport, Indiantown, has a longest runway of 6,300 feet at an elevation of 30 feet. The arrival airport, Kissimmee Gateway, has a longest runway of 6,001 feet at an elevation of 82 feet.

This was the fifth tracked landing at Orlando in the window of 31 flights recorded between July 7 and November 13, 2026. The last landing at Orlando before this one was on October 27, 17 days earlier. The aircraft had been on the ground at Indiantown for about nine hours since its previous tracked landing earlier that day. In the 30 days before this flight, the Vision Jet visited 12 airports in one country, flew about 4,798 nm, and logged 18.5 hours in the air. The longest leg in that period was a 952 nm trip from Fort Worth to Indiantown on November 13. The most common destinations in the tracked window were Stuart, with five landings, and Orlando, with four landings. Fort Pierce saw two landings.

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 across the country, including stops in Fort Worth, Las Vegas, Albuquerque, and Conway in the days before this flight. The Orlando area has been a recurring destination, with four previous landings at Kissimmee Gateway in the tracked window. A search of local news for November 13, 2026, found no scheduled public appearances, games, or events tied to Ken Griffey Jr. or his organisation near Orlando on that date.

The aircraft's estimated fuel burn is 110 US gallons per hour. On the day before this flight, November 12, 2026, the Vision Jet flew from Las Vegas to Fort Worth, covering 903 nm in 3 hours and 18 minutes. On November 11, it flew from Albuquerque to Las Vegas, 419 nm in 1 hour 35 minutes, and earlier that day from Conway to Albuquerque, 692 nm in 2 hours 49 minutes.

On November 11, the jet also flew from Orlando to Conway, 697 nm in 2 hours 44 minutes. On October 31, it made three short hops: Stuart to Lake Hamilton, 79 nm in 16 minutes; Lakeland to Okeechobee, 69 nm in 21 minutes; and Stuart to Lakeland, 110 nm in 27 minutes.

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