Sarah Huckabee Sanders's King Air B200 flies from Little Rock to Fort Smith

Sarah Huckabee Sanders's Beechcraft King Air B200, tail number N390SP, flew from Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport in Little Rock to Fort Smith Regional Airport on Wednesday, October 21, 2026. The aircraft departed at 12:51 UTC and landed at 13:28 UTC. The flight took 37 minutes in the air.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 114 nautical miles, or 132 miles. The aircraft averaged 184 knots ground speed and reached a top speed of 276 knots. The highest altitude seen was 9,775 feet. Our estimate puts fuel burn at about 62 US gallons, producing about 597 kg of CO2. The King Air B200 is a turboprop built for short executive hops, with seating for about 9 passengers and a ceiling above 25,000 feet.

The aircraft's estimated fuel burn is 100 US gallons per hour. The departure airport, Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport, has a longest runway of 8,273 feet and sits at an elevation of 262 feet. In the tracked window from June 30 to October 15, 2026, the aircraft made 37 flights. Its most common destinations were Little Rock with 15 landings, Bentonville with 3 landings, and Springdale with 2 landings.

This was the first tracked landing at Fort Smith in the current window. The aircraft's home base is Little Rock, and its usual destinations include Washington, Chicago, Dallas, Memphis, Tulsa, and Fort Smith. Before this flight, the aircraft had been on the ground for about 6 days. In the 30 days before this flight, it made 13 flights, totaling 7.0 hours in the air and about 6,718 kg of CO2. Recent trips included runs from Little Rock to Camden, Springdale, and Bentonville.

In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft used 8 airports in 1 country and flew about 1,482 nautical miles. The longest leg in that period was from Baton Rouge to Little Rock on September 30, 2026, covering 262 nautical miles. Recent flights by the same owner include a trip from Little Rock to Camden on October 15, 2026, lasting 23 minutes over 74 nautical miles, and a flight from Springdale to Little Rock on October 8, 2026, lasting 35 minutes over 127 nautical miles.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders is the 47th Governor of Arkansas, inaugurated on January 10, 2023. She is the first woman elected governor of the state and previously served as White House Press Secretary. The aircraft is operated by the Arkansas State Police Air Support Unit. The operation of this aircraft has been a source of political controversy. A state audit found the agency had underreported flight costs by using outdated hourly rates, later raising the rate from $1,015 to $1,839 per hour.

Fort Smith is a regional hub in western Arkansas, about 112 nautical miles from Little Rock. The city is home to the Fort Smith Regional Airport, which has a runway of 8,000 feet. There is no public event or appearance tied to Sarah Huckabee Sanders listed near Fort Smith on this date. The flight is part of the aircraft's routine pattern of in-state travel.

If Sarah Huckabee Sanders was aboard, this would be a short trip between two Arkansas cities. The aircraft remains based in Little Rock, and this flight adds to its record of state executive travel.