Martin J. Lott's Gulfstream G280 N280CC returns to Key West after Seattle trip

Martin J. Lott's Gulfstream G280, tail number N280CC, landed at Key West International Airport (KEYW) on Thursday, October 22, 2026, at 11:57 UTC. The flight departed from the same airport at 11:55 UTC and spent just 1 minute in the air. The aircraft covered a great-circle distance of 1 nautical mile, reaching a top altitude of 550 feet and a top ground speed of 117 knots.

The 1-minute hop burned an estimated 4 US gallons of fuel, producing about 42 kg of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 105 miles. N280CC is a Gulfstream G280, a super-midsize jet with a range of 3,600 nautical miles, a top speed of Mach 0.84, and a ceiling of 45,000 feet. It typically seats 8 passengers and up to 10. The aircraft is registered to TVPX Aircraft Solutions Inc Trustee, part of the three-plane fleet tied to Martin J. Lott through MJL Air Partners LLC.

This was the second landing at Key West on October 22 for N280CC. The first landing occurred earlier the same day after a 4-hour 48-minute flight from Seattle's Boeing Field (KBFI), covering 2,345 nautical miles. The home base for Martin J. Lott's aircraft is King County International Airport - Boeing Field (KBFI) in Seattle. Usual destinations on file include Reno, Dallas-Fort Worth, Atlanta, Chicago, Palm Springs, and Orlando. In the 30 days before this flight, the three aircraft flew 22 flights, spending 65.3 hours in the air and producing an estimated 199,224 kg of CO2.

Martin J. Lott founded SanMar in 1971, building it into the largest wholesale supplier of imprintable apparel in the United States. The company is headquartered in Issaquah, Washington, and was ranked number one on the 2026 PPAI 100. SanMar acquired BELLA+CANVAS in June 2026 and reports more than 6,000 American employees and over 15,000 worldwide. The company remains private and does not publish financials. Key West is about 2,363 nautical miles from the home base at Boeing Field.

No public events or appearances tied to Martin J. Lott or SanMar were found near Key West for October 22, 2026. The brief flight may have been a repositioning or maintenance move.

The aircraft is a 2012 Gulfstream G280, serial 2005. It is registered to TVPX Aircraft Solutions Inc Trustee, which conceals the owner. The owner is inferred from the initials MJL and the direct registration of another aircraft, N755PA, to MJL Air Partners LLC at 11711 SE 8th Street in Bellevue. N755PA is a 2018 Gulfstream G280, serial 2146. N23PA is a 2020 Gulfstream G600, serial 73043.

In the 30 days before this flight, the longest leg among the owner's three aircraft was a Seattle-to-London flight on October 8, 2026, covering 4,257 nautical miles in N280CC. Recent flights include a Denver-to-Seattle leg on October 18 and a Seattle-to-Denver leg on October 15. On October 12, N280CC flew from Reykjavík to Seattle and from Paris to Reykjavík. On October 11, N23PA flew from Seattle to Kailua-Kona.

The aircraft remains at Key West as of the end of the tracked flight.