Ron DeSantis's Cessna Citation Latitude returns to Tallahassee from Orlando in 39 minutes

Ron DeSantis's Cessna Citation Latitude, tail number N943FL, landed at Tallahassee International Airport at 19:37 UTC on Monday, November 2, 2026. The aircraft departed Orlando International Airport at 18:59 UTC, making the trip in 39 minutes. The aircraft is registered to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and is used for executive transport.

The flight covered a great-circle distance of 197 nautical miles, or 227 miles, at an average ground speed of 305 knots. The highest altitude seen was 18,000 feet, and the top ground speed reached 410 knots. Based on our estimates, the flight burned about 149 US gallons of fuel and produced roughly 1,429 kg of CO2, about the same as driving a car 3,538 miles. The Cessna Citation Latitude is a super midsize jet with a range of 2,700 nm, a ceiling of 45,000 feet, and seating for up to nine passengers.

This was the 18th landing at Tallahassee in the tracked window of 40 flights since October 9, 2026. The previous landing there was on October 28, five days before this flight. The aircraft's home base is Tallahassee International Airport, and its most common destinations in the window were Tallahassee (17 landings), Pensacola (5 landings), and Pinellas Park (4 landings). Recent flights by the same owner include a Tallahassee to Orlando trip on October 30, an Inverness to Tallahassee leg on October 28, and a Pinellas Park to Tallahassee flight on October 27. Another tracked aircraft, a NextEra Energy Embraer Praetor 600, landed at Tallahassee about five hours earlier.

Ron DeSantis was inaugurated as the 46th Governor of Florida on January 8, 2019, and re-elected in 2022. A former U.S. Navy JAG officer and U.S. Representative, DeSantis launched and withdrew from the 2024 Republican presidential primary before endorsing Donald Trump. The state jet attracted scrutiny during the 2024 campaign when open-source flight tracking revealed that the FDLE Citation Latitude was deployed to New Hampshire, Iowa, and other early primary states simultaneously with DeSantis campaign events. No public event has been announced at Tallahassee for the governor.

The aircraft spent about three days on the ground in Orlando before this flight. Its previous tracked landing was at Orlando on October 30.

The aircraft used 7% of its range on this flight. The departure runway at Orlando International Airport is 12,005 feet long. The arrival runway at Tallahassee International Airport is 8,000 feet long. In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft visited 22 airports in one country and flew about 7,607 nautical miles. The longest leg in that period was from Austin to Tallahassee on October 17, covering 689 nautical miles.

The Cessna Citation Latitude is the best-selling Cessna jet. It has a flat floor and G5000 avionics. The top speed is Mach 0.80, or 446 knots. The aircraft typically seats eight passengers, with capacity for up to nine. Our estimate of fuel burn is 230 US gallons per hour.