King Air N390SP flies Governor Sanders's aircraft to Mountain Home for first time

Sarah Huckabee Sanders's Beechcraft King Air B200, tail number N390SP, landed at Ozark Regional Airport in Mountain Home on Tuesday, October 27, 2026. The flight departed Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport in Little Rock at 19:17 UTC and touched down at 19:45 UTC. The trip took 28 minutes in the air. The aircraft is registered to the State of Arkansas, Arkansas State Police Air Support Unit.

The great-circle distance between Little Rock and Mountain Home is 99 nautical miles, or 114 miles. The King Air flew at an average ground speed of 209 knots and reached a top speed of 275 knots. Its highest altitude during the flight was 9,750 feet. Based on our estimate, the aircraft burned about 47 US gallons of fuel, producing roughly 455 kilograms of CO2. The Beechcraft King Air B200 is a turboprop built for short regional trips, with a typical range of about 1,700 nautical miles, seating for up to 13 people, and a service ceiling around 35,000 feet.

This was the first landing at Mountain Home tracked for this aircraft since June 30, 2026. The aircraft's home base is Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport, and its usual destinations include Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Chicago O'Hare, Dallas Love Field, Memphis, Tulsa, and Fort Smith. In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft made 12 flights, covering about 1,467 nautical miles. The previous tracked landing was at Little Rock on October 22, six days earlier.

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 from 2017 to 2019. The Arkansas State Police Air Support Unit provides executive transport, and the King Air has been a source of political controversy. A state audit found that the agency underreported flight costs by using outdated hourly rates, and it later raised the rate from $1,015 to $1,839 per hour. The audit also showed that the governor and her predecessor accounted for 57% of the airplane's flight time between June 2022 and December 2023. No public events or appearances by Governor Sanders in Mountain Home were found in our search, but the flight fits the pattern of frequent short trips between the state capital and other Arkansas cities.

The King Air landed at Ozark Regional Airport, where it remains. This was the aircraft's first visit to the airport in the tracked window since late June. The flight was a routine short hop between two Arkansas airports.

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 at an elevation of 262 feet. The arrival airport, Ozark Regional Airport, has a longest runway of 5,000 feet at an elevation of 928 feet.

In the tracked window from June 30 to October 22, 2026, the aircraft made 39 flights. The most common destinations were Little Rock with 16 landings, Bentonville with 3 landings, and Springdale with 2 landings. The longest leg in that period was from Baton Rouge to Little Rock on September 30, covering 262 nautical miles.