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State Farm\'s Falcon 900EX circles Chicago Midway in a 6-minute hop
An overnight repositioning flight to prepare for a busy week from the company\'s home base.
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State Farm
State Farm flew one of its Dassault Falcon 900EX jets, tail number N22SF, from Chicago Midway International Airport back to the same airport on June 7, 2026 — a six-minute circuit barely reaching 3,000 feet. The brief hop, which covered less than a mile of ground track, appears to be a maintenance or crew repositioning flight rather than a passenger trip, given the negligible distance traveled.
The same week, State Farm\'s fleet shows more substantive movements: a Falcon 50EX arrived from Minneapolis-Saint Paul, and a second 900EX returned from Texarkana, Texas, all converging on the company\'s home base at Central Illinois Regional Airport in Bloomington, Illinois. This pattern suggests a period of heightened executive activity at headquarters, likely tied to mid-year strategic reviews or regulatory planning for the nation\'s largest auto and homeowners insurer.
State Farm operates a four-aircraft fleet of Dassault Falcons — two 900EX and two 50EX — primarily serving its Bloomington base with recurring trips to Washington, Chicago, Miami, Austin, Houston, and Minneapolis. The brief Midway loop, while unremarkable in itself, fits the fleet\'s rhythm of positioning aircraft ahead of executive schedules. As a mutual company owned by policyholders, State Farm\'s aviation costs are inherently borne by its customers.
Aboard the Dassault Falcon 900EX


The aircraft
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