Ron DeSantis flies to Washington the week of hurricane season prep talks

Ron DeSantis flew from Tallahassee International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Thursday, May 21, in a Cessna Citation Latitude (N943FL) operated by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. The 1-hour-51-minute trip arrived just before 5 p.m., following a day of state business in the capital.

The same week DeSantis arrived in Washington, the National Hurricane Center released its initial outlook for the 2026 Atlantic season, and the Governor was scheduled to meet with federal emergency management officials, per a report in the Tallahassee Democrat. Florida is entering its most active six-month window for tropical storms, and coordination between the state and FEMA traditionally intensifies in late May.

The flight pattern from recent days — multiple hops among Tallahassee, Miami, Orlando, and Tampa — reflects the Governor’s routine circuit between the capital and Florida’s major metro areas. This is a state aircraft registered to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Whoever serves as governor flies in it.