Paul Tudor Jones's Bombardier Global 7500 flies from Farnborough to West Palm Beach in 8 hours

Paul Tudor Jones's Bombardier Global 7500, tail number N117TF, flew from Farnborough Airport (EGLF) in Farnborough, Hampshire, United Kingdom to President Donald J. Trump International Airport (KDJT) in West Palm Beach, United States on Thursday, November 5, 2026. The aircraft departed at 17:30 UTC and landed at 01:31 UTC, spending 8 hours and 1 minute in the air. This was a transatlantic crossing between two airports that are 3,783 nautical miles apart.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 3,783 nautical miles, or 4,354 miles. The aircraft averaged a ground speed of 472 knots and reached a top speed of 564 knots. Its highest altitude during the flight was 40,025 feet. Celebplanes estimates the flight burned about 3,608 US gallons of fuel and produced about 34,659 kilograms of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 85,789 miles. The Bombardier Global 7500 is an ultra long range jet with a range of 7,700 nautical miles, a ceiling of 51,000 feet, and seating for up to 19 passengers.

The Bombardier Global 7500 has four living zones and a 54.4-foot cabin. A Global 8000 upgrade is available for the aircraft. The plane's top speed is Mach 0.925, or 516 knots. Celebplanes estimates the aircraft burns about 450 US gallons of fuel per hour. This flight used 49 percent of the aircraft's range.

Before this flight, N117TF had landed at West Palm Beach six times in the tracking window that began September 17, 2026. The last such landing was on November 1, four days before this flight. The aircraft's most common destinations in that period were New York's LaGuardia Airport (nine landings), West Palm Beach (six landings), and Nashville's John C Tune Airport (two landings). In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft visited 10 airports in two countries and flew about 20,935 nautical miles. The longest leg in that period was from West Palm Beach to Farnborough on November 3, covering 3,783 nautical miles. Other aircraft tracked at West Palm Beach in the 24 hours before this landing included a NextEra Energy Embraer Praetor 600, which landed about 8 hours earlier, and a Ron DeSantis Cessna Citation Latitude, which landed about 7 hours earlier.

Paul Tudor Jones is the founder of Tudor Investment, a hedge fund based in the United States. President Donald J. Trump International Airport in West Palm Beach is a major airport in Palm Beach County, an area where Tudor Investment has ties. No news reports tied Paul Tudor Jones or Tudor Investment to a specific event near West Palm Beach on this date.

In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft made 21 tracked flights and spent 48.5 hours in the air. Celebplanes estimates those flights produced about 209,619 kilograms of CO2. The aircraft had been on the ground for about two days before this flight, since its previous tracked landing at Farnborough on November 3. The departure runway at Farnborough is 8,005 feet long with an elevation of 238 feet. The arrival runway at West Palm Beach is 10,001 feet long with an elevation of 19 feet.

The flight was a return trip across the Atlantic after the aircraft had flown from West Palm Beach to Farnborough on November 3. It followed a pattern of transatlantic travel in the previous days.