Target flies to Colorado Springs as retailer pushes store remodels

Target flew a Gulfstream G280 (tail N686BE) from New Ulm, Minnesota, to Colorado Springs, Colorado, on the evening of May 13, 2026, a 1-hour 42-minute hop that arrived just before 3 p.m. local time. The aircraft, part of Target’s three-jet fleet, departed from a small municipal airport near the retailer’s Minneapolis headquarters rather than the usual KMSP hub.

The trip lands in Colorado Springs the same week Target is ramping up the pace of its store remodels, per a May 11 corporate announcement [corporate.target.com](https://corporate.target.com/news-features/article/2026/05/target-store-remodels-new-stores-strategy). The retailer is investing roughly $5 billion this year on more than 130 remodels and 30 new stores across 10 priority markets — including Denver, which sits about 70 miles north of Colorado Springs. CEO Michael Fiddelke, who took over in March, has made the refresh a centerpiece of Target’s turnaround plan, aiming to reverse a stretch of declining sales and win back shoppers with updated layouts and buzzy brand partnerships [krdo.com](https://krdo.com/money/cnn-business-consumer/2026/03/03/targets-new-ceo-unveils-his-turnaround-plan/).

The Colorado Springs visit follows a busy week for Target’s fleet. On May 13, two other Target Gulfstreams flew from the Minneapolis area to the Washington, D.C., region. Earlier in the week, the jets shuttled between Minnesota, North Carolina, and Florida — a pattern consistent with board meetings, investor events, and store visits as the company executes its most aggressive physical-store investment in a decade.