Luke Bryan's Learjet 60 returns to Memphis after 74 days on the ground

Luke Bryan's Learjet 60, tail number N506AB, flew a 28-minute flight from and to Memphis International Airport (KMEM) on Wednesday, November 11, 2026. The aircraft departed at 20:56 UTC and landed back at the same airport at 21:24 UTC. The great-circle distance of the flight was just 4 nautical miles, or 4 miles. The plane reached a top ground speed of 472 knots and a highest altitude of 27,000 feet.

The 4-mile trip burned an estimated 94 US gallons of fuel, producing about 901 kilograms of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 2,230 miles. The Learjet 60 is a midsize business jet with a range of 2,418 nautical miles and a top speed of Mach 0.81. It can seat up to 8 passengers and has a service ceiling of 51,000 feet. The aircraft was built in 2003 and is registered to LJ60-266 LLC of Memphis, Tennessee.

Before this flight, N506AB had been on the ground at Memphis for about 74 days, since its last tracked landing there on August 29, 2026. In the 29 flights we tracked between May and August 2026, Memphis was the second most common destination, with 5 landings, behind Nashville (KBNA) with 6 landings. The aircraft's home base is Nashville International Airport. Other usual destinations on file include Las Vegas, Miami, Austin, Dallas, Marfa, and Orlando. In the 24 hours before this landing, a FedEx Bombardier Challenger 300 also landed at Memphis, about 23 hours earlier.

Luke Bryan is a country music star and American Idol judge with about 28 number one country singles. He lives near Nashville, Tennessee. Memphis is about 174 nautical miles from his home base in Nashville. The aircraft's registered owner, LJ60-266 LLC, is based in Memphis, and the city is a frequent stop for the plane.

The brief flight from and to the same airport is unusual for a jet that typically flies longer routes across the country.

The aircraft climbed at a fast rate of 4,500 feet per minute. The Learjet 60 is the last legacy Learjet design. The average ground speed for this flight was 8 knots. Memphis International Airport has a longest runway of 11,120 feet and an elevation of 341 feet.

In the months before this flight, the same owner's aircraft flew from Toledo to Memphis on August 29, 2026. That flight took 1 hour and 11 minutes and covered 488 nautical miles. Earlier that same day, it flew from Memphis to Toledo in 1 hour and 21 minutes. On June 27, 2026, it flew from Belgrade to Memphis in 2 hours and 50 minutes, covering 1,164 nautical miles.

This flight adds to the record of N506AB's movements in late 2026. The aircraft remains at Memphis International Airport as of the end of the tracked flight.