Lawrence Menard's aircraft lands in Middleton the week of the Wisconsin Home + Remodeling Show

Lawrence Menard's Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet, tail number N1808C, was tracked departing Chippewa Valley Regional Airport (KEAU) at 5:41 p.m. local time on Tuesday, August 11, 2026, and arriving at Middleton Municipal Morey Field (KC29) just 32 minutes later, touching down at 6:14 p.m. The aircraft climbed to 17,100 feet and reached a max ground speed of 330.6 knots on the short southwestbound leg. Celebplanes tracks registered aircraft — not the individuals associated with them — so it is not confirmed that Lawrence Menard was aboard the flight.

If Lawrence Menard was aboard, the arrival would come two days before the opening of the 2026 Wisconsin Home + Remodeling Show at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, just 12 miles east of Middleton's Morey Field. The three-day event, scheduled to run August 13-15, is a major regional showcase for home improvement products, contractors, and building materials — a natural fit for a principal of the Menard family behind Menards, the privately held Midwest home-improvement chain. The show's timing, per the expo's published schedule, would give Lawrence Menard an early window to walk the floor or meet with vendors ahead of the public opening.

This flight is the latest in a pattern of regional movements by N1808C between Eau Claire and the Madison area. In the past three weeks alone, the aircraft completed round trips on August 5-6, August 4 (two legs), July 28-29, and July 21-22 — all between and either KMSN (Dane County Regional) or (Middleton Municipal). The August 4 entries show a flight from Middleton to Eau Claire and a return later the same day, suggesting the owner — if aboard — may have made a day trip to the area just a week before this week's arrival. The aircraft's home base is Chippewa Valley Regional, the same field that hosts the Menard Inc. corporate fleet, as noted in FAA registration data for N1808C and the company's 2001 Cessna 560 (N564M).