Tom Cruise returns to Fort Lauderdale after Mission: Impossible London premiere

Tom Cruise flew from Charleston Executive Airport to Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport on May 17, a 1-hour-44-minute hop in his Bombardier Challenger 350 (N350XX). The trip came two days after the London premiere of *Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning*, where Cruise climbed on a replica biplane on the red carpet and a small Scientology protest took place nearby, per the Evening Standard and SheKnows.

Cruise returns to South Florida the same week the film opens in North American theaters on May 23. The movie, which director Christopher McQuarrie said nearly killed Cruise during a wing stunt over South Africa, is being called “astonishing” and “jaw-dropping” by early critics, according to the AFP report from Cannes.

The flight is a familiar pattern: Fort Lauderdale Executive is one of Cruise’s most frequent destinations, used as a gateway to his Clearwater penthouse and the Church of Scientology’s spiritual headquarters. His recent travel shows a cross-country loop — from Florida to Texas, Nevada, California, and South Carolina — before this final leg home.