Kid Rock's Bombardier Challenger 600 N71KR flies 67 nm from Windsor to Flint

Kid Rock's Bombardier Challenger 600, tail number N71KR, flew from Windsor International Airport in Canada to Bishop International Airport in Flint, Michigan on Tuesday, November 10, 2026. The flight departed at 16:45 UTC and landed at 17:02 UTC. It spent 18 minutes in the air.

The aircraft's ceiling is 41,000 ft. It is an original Challenger, the first business jet with a supercritical wing. The plane burns about 280 US gallons of fuel per hour, according to Celebplanes estimates.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 67 nm, or 77 miles. The aircraft averaged a ground speed of 229 kt and reached a top speed of 251 kt. Its highest altitude was 6,000 ft. Celebplanes estimates the flight burned about 82 gallons of jet fuel and released about 790 kg of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 1,955 miles. The Bombardier Challenger 600 is a Large-class jet that can fly 3,300 nm without stopping, seats up to 14 passengers, and cruises at Mach 0.82.

This flight used 2% of the aircraft's range. The departure airport, Windsor International, has a longest runway of 9,000 ft at an elevation of 622 ft. The arrival airport, Bishop International, has a longest runway of 7,852 ft at an elevation of 782 ft.

This was the fifth tracked landing at Flint for N71KR in the tracked window since July 27, 2026. The previous one was on October 25, 2026, 17 days earlier. Kid Rock's home base is Oakland County International Airport in Pontiac, Michigan, 23 nm from Flint. His usual destinations include Nashville, Las Vegas, Marfa, and Austin. In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft visited 14 airports in 2 countries and flew about 8,101 nm. The longest leg in that period was from Nashville to Camarillo on October 29, covering 1,578 nm.

In the tracked window before this flight, N71KR made 40 flights from July 27 to November 9. Its most common destinations in that window were Nashville with 12 landings, Flint with 4 landings, and Pellston with 4 landings. In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft flew 14 flights, spent 21.6 hours in the air, and released about 57,969 kg of CO2.

Kid Rock, born Robert Ritchie, is a Detroit-area musician with multiple platinum albums and a history of outspoken political commentary. The flight from Windsor to Flint, a short hop of 67 nm, fits a pattern of quick regional movements near his home base. A web search did not find any scheduled public appearance, board meeting, or court date tied to Kid Rock near Flint on this date.

The aircraft had been on the ground in Pontiac for about 23 hours before this trip. Its previous tracked flight was a 10-minute leg from Windsor to Pontiac on November 9. This flight adds one more short leg to N71KR's record. The aircraft continues to operate from its usual network of airports.