Shaquille O'Neal's Global 6000 flies Elizabethtown to Atlanta in 43 minutes

Shaquille O'Neal's Bombardier Global 6000, tail N626JJ, flew from Addington Field / Elizabethtown Regional Airport in Kentucky to DeKalb Peachtree Airport in Atlanta on Saturday, November 14, 2026. The aircraft departed at 23:54 UTC and landed at 00:37 UTC on November 15, spending 43 minutes in the air. The flight covered a great-circle distance of 261 nautical miles, about 301 miles.

The aircraft reached a highest altitude of 36,025 feet and a top ground speed of 525 knots, with an average ground speed of 363 knots. Celebplanes estimates the flight burned about 288 US gallons of fuel, producing about 2,763 kilograms of CO2, equivalent to driving a car 6,840 miles. The Global 6000 is an Ultra Long Range jet with a range of 6,000 nautical miles, a ceiling of 51,000 feet, and seating for up to 17 passengers. The flight used 4 percent of the aircraft's range.

In the 30 days before this flight, the owner's aircraft had landed at Atlanta three times; the last one was on November 4, 2026, 11 days before this flight. The home base for both of Shaquille O'Neal's aircraft is Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, which is 16 nautical miles from DeKalb Peachtree. The most common destinations in that window were Driggs, Orlando, and Atlanta. The aircraft had been on the ground for about 9 hours since its previous tracked landing at Indianapolis on November 14.

Shaquille O'Neal is a 4-time NBA champion, Hall-of-Famer, and Inside the NBA broadcaster on TNT. He has significant Krispy Kreme and Authentic Brands Group investments. A web search found no scheduled public appearance, board meeting, or other event tied to Shaquille O'Neal or his organizations for the arrival date. Atlanta is his home base, and DeKalb Peachtree Airport is a general aviation airport close to many of the city's business and residential areas.

The short flight from Elizabethtown followed a trip earlier that day from Teterboro to Indianapolis, which took 1 hour and 38 minutes and covered 568 nautical miles. O'Neal's other aircraft, a Bombardier Challenger 605 with tail N3250N, also flew on November 14, going from Mountain View to San Luis Obispo in 33 minutes. The Global 6000 is a 2014 model originally built as a Global Express XRS and carries O'Neal's Dunkman logo on the tail.

The Global 6000 has a top speed of Mach 0.89, or 513 knots. It was originally built as a Global Express XRS with advanced avionics. Celebplanes estimates the aircraft burns about 400 US gallons of fuel per hour.

Addington Field has a longest runway of 6,001 feet at an elevation of 775 feet. DeKalb Peachtree Airport also has a longest runway of 6,001 feet, at an elevation of 1,003 feet.

Other recent flights include a November 13 trip from Concord to Mountain View in 5 hours 56 minutes, and a November 12 flight from Baton Rouge to Teterboro in 2 hours 9 minutes.