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

Lawrence Menard's Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet G2+, tail number N1808C, flew from Middleton Municipal Morey Field in Wisconsin to Chippewa Valley Regional Airport in Eau Claire on Wednesday, October 28, 2026. The aircraft departed Middleton at 12:39 UTC and landed in Eau Claire at 13:11 UTC. The flight took 33 minutes.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 134 nautical miles, or 154 miles. The aircraft averaged 246 knots ground speed and reached a top speed of 279 knots. Its highest altitude during the flight was 15,850 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 38 gallons of jet fuel. That produced an estimated 366 kilograms of CO2, about the same as driving a car 905 miles.

Before this flight, N1808C had landed at Eau Claire 15 times in the tracked window from August 17 to October 27. The last landing there was on October 19, nine days before this flight. The aircraft's home base is Chippewa Valley Regional Airport. In the 30 days before this flight, the most common destinations were Eau Claire, Middleton, and Chippewa Falls. The aircraft had been on the ground for about 14 hours before this trip, following a previous tracked landing at Prairie Du Sac on October 27. A Menard Inc. Embraer ERJ-135LR also landed at Eau Claire about 13 hours earlier.

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 Eau Claire on the date of this flight.

This flight ended at the aircraft's home base on file. The aircraft has flown 13 flights in the 30 days before this one, totaling 8.3 hours in the air and about 5,610 kilograms of CO2. The longest leg in that period was from Middleton to Hamilton on October 17, covering 323 nautical miles.

Middleton Municipal Morey Field, where the flight began, has a longest runway of 4,001 feet and an elevation of 928 feet. Chippewa Valley Regional Airport, the arrival field, has a longest runway of 8,101 feet and an elevation of 913 feet.

In the tracked window from August 17 to October 27, the aircraft made 40 flights. The most common destinations were Eau Claire with 15 landings, Middleton with 14 landings, and Chippewa Falls with 2 landings. The aircraft visited 8 airports in 1 country in the 30 days before this flight, covering about 1,952 nautical miles.

Recent flights by the same owner include a 4-minute, 21-nautical-mile trip from Reedsburg to Prairie Du Sac on October 27, and a 16-minute, 68-nautical-mile flight from Eau Claire to Tomah on the same day. On October 19, the aircraft flew from Madison to Eau Claire in 39 minutes covering 139 nautical miles.