Ron DeSantis's Cessna Citation Latitude flies Boca Raton to Tallahassee in 62 minutes

Ron DeSantis's aircraft, a 2019 Cessna Citation Latitude registered as N943FL and operated by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, departed Boca Raton Airport (KBCT) at 02:05 UTC on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, and landed at Tallahassee International Airport (KTLH) at 03:07 UTC. The flight took 1 hour and 2 minutes. The aircraft climbed to a highest altitude of 30,000 feet and reached a top ground speed of 442 knots.

Boca Raton Airport has a longest runway of 6,276 feet at an elevation of 13 feet. Tallahassee International Airport's longest runway is 8,000 feet at 81 feet elevation. The aircraft is powered by Safran Arrius 2B2 turbofans and has a maximum takeoff weight of 30,800 pounds.

The great-circle distance between Boca Raton and Tallahassee is 328 nautical miles, or 377 miles. The average ground speed was 316 knots. Our estimate puts fuel burned at about 238 US gallons, producing about 2,291 kilograms of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 5,671 miles. The Cessna Citation Latitude is a super midsize jet with a range of 2,700 nautical miles, a ceiling of 45,000 feet, and seating for up to 9 passengers.

The Cessna Citation Latitude is the best-selling Cessna jet. It has a flat floor and G5000 avionics. Its top speed is Mach 0.80, or 446 knots. Our estimate puts fuel burn at 230 US gallons per hour.

This flight ended at the aircraft's home base, Tallahassee International Airport. In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft landed at Tallahassee 16 times. The most recent landing there before this trip was on October 19, 2026. The aircraft's usual destinations include Miami International Airport, Orlando Executive Airport, Tampa International Airport, and Jacksonville International Airport. Recent flights by the same owner include a trip from Orlando to West Palm Beach on October 20 and a longer leg from Austin to Tallahassee on October 17.

In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft's most common destinations were Tallahassee with 16 landings, Pensacola with 5 landings, and Pinellas Park with 4 landings. Recent flights by the same owner include a trip from Tallahassee to Orlando on October 20 and a leg from Valparaiso to Tallahassee on October 19.

Ron DeSantis was inaugurated as the 46th Governor of Florida on January 8, 2019, and re-elected in 2022 with a 19-point margin. Executive transport for the governor is provided by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement through this 2019 Cessna Citation Latitude, which costs Florida taxpayers approximately $1.2 million annually in financing. The aircraft attracted scrutiny during the 2024 presidential campaign when it was deployed to early primary states simultaneously with campaign events. No public event or official calendar entry for Ron DeSantis on October 21 was found in a web search that would explain a departure from Boca Raton.

The aircraft's 30-day flight history shows 40 flights totaling 28.9 hours in the air, covering about 9,111 nautical miles across 22 airports. The longest leg in that period was Delray Beach to Philadelphia on October 6, a distance of 836 nautical miles. This flight from Boca Raton used about 12 percent of the aircraft's total range. The aircraft spent about 3 hours on the ground at West Palm Beach before this trip, following a landing there on October 20.