Lawrence Menard's Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet N1808C returns to Eau Claire from Madison

Lawrence Menard's Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet G2+, tail number N1808C, flew from Dane County Regional Truax Field in Madison to Chippewa Valley Regional Airport in Eau Claire on Monday, October 19, 2026. The flight departed Madison at 12:46 UTC and landed in Eau Claire at 13:25 UTC. The trip took 39 minutes.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 139 nautical miles, or 160 miles. The aircraft averaged 211 knots ground speed and reached a top speed of 287 knots. Its highest altitude during the flight was 15,650 feet. The Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet G2+ is a single-engine very light jet built for short regional trips. It has a range of 1,098 nautical miles, seats four passengers, and has a service ceiling of 31,000 feet. Based on the aircraft's fuel burn of 70 gallons per hour, the flight used about 46 gallons of jet fuel. That produced an estimated 442 kilograms of CO2, about the same as driving a car 1,095 miles.

Madison's Dane County Regional Truax Field has a longest runway of 9,006 feet at an elevation of 887 feet. Chippewa Valley Regional Airport's longest runway is 8,101 feet at 913 feet. In the tracked window from August 14 to October 18, the aircraft made 40 flights. It visited six airports in one country and flew about 2,672 nautical miles.

Before this flight, N1808C had landed at Eau Claire 15 times in the tracked window from August 14 to October 18. The last landing at Eau Claire before this one was on October 12, seven days earlier. The aircraft's home base is Chippewa Valley Regional Airport. In the 30 days before this flight, the most common destinations were Middleton's Morey Field, Eau Claire, and Sheboygan County Memorial. The aircraft had been on the ground for about 14 hours before this trip, following a previous tracked landing at Madison on October 18. Recent flights include a run from Hamilton to Madison on October 18, Middleton to Hamilton on October 17, and Eau Claire to Middleton on October 17.

Lawrence Menard is a member of the Menard family behind Menards, the privately held Midwest home-improvement chain founded by John Menard Jr. and headquartered in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. N1808C is registered personally to Lawrence Menard in Eau Claire, the same field that hosts the Menard Inc. corporate fleet. The aircraft is a 2024 model, certified on March 14, 2024, and its registration is valid through March 31, 2031.

Recent flights by the same owner include a run from Hamilton to Madison on October 18 covering 315 nautical miles in 1 hour 21 minutes. On October 17, the aircraft flew from Eau Claire to Middleton, 137 nautical miles in 32 minutes. On October 12, it went from Middleton to Eau Claire, 134 nautical miles in 34 minutes.

This flight ended at the aircraft's home base after a short regional hop. The aircraft has flown 15 flights in the 30 days before this one, totaling 11.5 hours in the air and about 7,716 kilograms of CO2. The longest leg in that period was from Middleton to Hamilton on October 17, covering 323 nautical miles.