Ron DeSantis's Cessna Citation Latitude flies from Leesburg to Tallahassee in 2 hours

Ron DeSantis's Cessna Citation Latitude, tail number N943FL, flew from Leesburg Executive Airport in Virginia to Tallahassee International Airport on Wednesday, November 11, 2026. The aircraft departed at 00:53 UTC and landed at 02:52 UTC, spending 1 hour and 59 minutes in the air. The flight covered a great-circle distance of 625 nautical miles, or 719 miles.

The aircraft reached a top ground speed of 422 knots and a maximum altitude of 38,000 feet. Based on our estimates, the flight burned about 456 US gallons of fuel and produced roughly 4,379 kg of CO2, about the same as driving a car 10,839 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 flight ended at the aircraft's home base, Tallahassee International Airport. In the 30 days before this flight, N943FL made 17 landings at Tallahassee, with the last one on November 10, one day earlier. The aircraft's usual destinations include Miami, Orlando, Tampa, and Jacksonville. Recent flights by the same owner include a Tallahassee to Dulles leg on November 10, a West Palm Beach to Tallahassee trip on November 10, and a Tallahassee to West Palm Beach flight on November 9.

Ron DeSantis was inaugurated as the 46th Governor of Florida on January 8, 2019, and re-elected in 2022 with a 19-point margin. 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. Executive transport for the Governor of Florida is provided by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement through a 2019 Cessna Citation Latitude registered as N943FL. The aircraft cost Florida taxpayers approximately $1.2 million annually in financing and attracted scrutiny during the 2024 campaign for flights to early primary states.

The flight from Leesburg Executive Airport, located near Washington, D.C., came after a previous leg from Tallahassee to Dulles on November 10. If Ron DeSantis was aboard, the timing would place him in the Washington area on the evening of November 10. No public event has been announced at Leesburg or Tallahassee for the governor.

The aircraft is a 2019 Cessna Citation Latitude model 680A, serial number 680A0234, powered by Safran Arrius 2B2 turbofans. It has a maximum takeoff weight of 30,800 pounds and a top speed of Mach 0.80, or 446 knots. The jet typically seats eight passengers, with capacity for up to nine. It is equipped with G5000 avionics and is the best-selling Cessna jet.

This flight used 23 percent of the aircraft's range. The average ground speed was 315 knots. The departure airport, Leesburg Executive, has a longest runway of 5,500 feet at an elevation of 389 feet. The arrival airport, Tallahassee International, has a longest runway of 8,000 feet at an elevation of 81 feet.

In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft made 40 tracked flights totaling 31.4 hours in the air and covering about 10,033 nautical miles. Those flights produced an estimated 69,276 kilograms of CO2. The longest leg in that period was from South Bend to Tallahassee on November 8, covering 692 nautical miles.