SpaceX's Boeing 737-800 hops within Brownsville after LAX employee shuttle

SpaceX flew its Boeing 737-800 (N154TS) from Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport back to the same airport on June 5, 2026 — a one-minute hop reaching 275 feet. The aircraft had arrived from the Palm Springs area earlier that day, continuing its routine as an employee shuttle between SpaceX facilities in Southern California and Texas.

The brief local repositioning comes the same week SpaceX continues Starship testing at nearby Starbase in Boca Chica, per recent flight patterns documented by [celebplanes.com](https://www.celebplanes.com/celebrity/spacex). N154TS is primarily used to ferry engineers and technicians between Hawthorne HQ, Los Angeles International, and Brownsville — a route it flies roughly three times a week, as noted by [Simple Flying](https://simpleflying.com/spacex-private-jets-guide/).

While the short flight itself is unremarkable — likely a move between hangars or a crew taxi — it underscores the logistical backbone of SpaceX's Starship campaign. The grey 737, with its rooftop antennas and sparse livery, has logged 116 flights in 2024 and continues to be a workhorse for the company's remote launch operations.