Ron DeSantis's state aircraft lands at Oasis Ranger Station as Alligator Alcatraz closes

Ron DeSantis's aircraft, a Cessna Citation Latitude registered N943FL and operated by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, was tracked flying from Ancient Oaks Airport to Oasis Ranger Station on June 25, a 46-minute hop covering roughly 160 nautical miles. The state-owned plane touched down at the remote government airstrip on the edge of the Everglades just after 2:50 p.m. local time.

If Ron DeSantis was aboard, he would arrive the same week contractors were instructed to begin full demobilization of the Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention center, located at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport — the same facility that was seized by executive order in June 2025 and is now being dismantled, per a NewsNation report. The governor's office announced a press conference at the site on Thursday with White House Border Czar Tom Homan, as the Miami Herald noted, marking what could be the official closure of the $1.2 billion camp after a year of operation.

The flight pattern fits a concentrated week of public appearances tied to the detention facility's sunset. Earlier this week, N943FL shuttled between Tallahassee, Miami, and Sarasota, consistent with Ron DeSantis's official schedule as governor overseeing the winding down of a project that has drawn both national attention and environmental lawsuits.