McDonald's Corporation flies to Lebanon, New Hampshire the week of a major franchisee summit

McDonald's Corporation flew its Gulfstream G600, N1955M, from Chicago Midway to Lebanon Municipal Airport on May 21, a quick 89-minute hop across the Great Lakes and the Green Mountains. The flight departed at 17:52 UTC and arrived at 19:22 UTC, climbing to 41,025 feet and hitting 593 knots ground speed — a smooth, efficient transit for the company's single corporate jet, its tail number a nod to the year 1955 when Ray Kroc founded the chain.

The same week, per a franchise-industry calendar on [restaurantsuccess.org](https://www.restaurantsuccess.org/regional-conferences), McDonald's Corporation is hosting a Northeast franchisee summit in nearby White River Junction, Vermont. The meeting, closed to the public, brings together owner-operators from across the region to discuss store-level operations, menu innovations, and supply chain logistics. Lebanon Municipal is the closest airfield to that venue for a Gulfstream G600, making this a textbook business-to-business stop for CEO Chris Kempczinski and his executive team.

The trip follows a pattern of concentrated Midwest-to-Northeast travel. On May 17, the aircraft flew from Chicago O'Hare to Palm Beach, Florida, and back the same day — possibly for investor or real estate meetings. A week earlier, on May 10, McDonald's Corporation flew from Chicago to Munich, a route consistent with European strategic reviews. The Lebanon visit, by contrast, is a lower-profile, high-touch regional engagement, reinforcing the company's decentralized franchise model.