Lawrence Menard's Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet N1808C lands at Tomah for the first time

Lawrence Menard's Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet G2+, tail number N1808C, flew from Chippewa Valley Regional Airport in Eau Claire to Bloyer Field in Tomah on Tuesday, October 27, 2026. The aircraft departed Eau Claire at 22:32 UTC and landed in Tomah at 22:48 UTC. The flight took 16 minutes.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 68 nautical miles, or 78 miles. The aircraft averaged 254 knots ground speed and reached a top speed of 266 knots. Its highest altitude during the flight was 8,875 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 19 gallons of jet fuel. That produced an estimated 179 kilograms of CO2, about the same as driving a car 443 miles.

Bloyer Field's longest runway is 3,900 feet, and the field sits at 966 feet elevation. Chippewa Valley Regional's longest runway is 8,101 feet at 913 feet elevation. The distance from the aircraft's home base to Tomah is 69 nautical miles.

Before this flight, N1808C had never landed at Tomah in the tracked window from August 16 to October 19. 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 8 days before this trip, following a previous tracked landing at Eau Claire on October 19. 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, and a hop from Eau Claire to Middleton on October 17 covering 137 nautical miles in 32 minutes.

In the tracked window from August 16 to October 19, the aircraft flew 40 flights. The most common destinations were Middleton and Eau Claire, each with 15 landings, and Sheboygan with three. In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft used five airports in one country and flew about 1,863 nautical miles.

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. No public events or meetings tied to Menards were scheduled in Tomah on the date of this flight.

Recent flights by the same owner include a 39-minute trip from Madison to Eau Claire on October 19 covering 139 nautical miles, and a 34-minute hop from Middleton to Eau Claire on October 12 covering 134 nautical miles. On October 9, the aircraft flew from Eau Claire to Middleton in 34 minutes over 133 nautical miles.

This flight ended at an airport the aircraft had not visited before in the tracked period. The aircraft has flown 11 flights in the 30 days before this one, totaling 8.0 hours in the air and about 5,391 kilograms of CO2. The longest leg in that period was from Middleton to Hamilton on October 17, covering 323 nautical miles.