Tom Cruise's HondaJet N77VA flies an 8-mile loop from Canandaigua Airport

Tom Cruise's HondaJet HA-420, tail number N77VA, flew a short round trip from Canandaigua Airport (KIUA) in Ontario County, New York, on Thursday, October 29, 2026. The aircraft departed at 14:27 UTC and landed back at the same airport at 14:45 UTC, spending 18 minutes in the air.

The aircraft used only 1 percent of its range on the flight. Canandaigua Airport has a single runway 5,500 feet long at an elevation of 814 feet. It burns an estimated 80 US gallons of fuel per hour.

The flight covered a great-circle distance of 8 nautical miles, or 9 miles, at an average ground speed of 27 knots. The aircraft reached a top ground speed of 136 knots and a highest altitude of 2,375 feet. Celebplanes estimates the flight burned about 24 US gallons of fuel, producing roughly 231 kilograms of CO2, equivalent to driving a car 571 miles. The HondaJet HA-420 is a light jet that typically seats four to five passengers, has a top speed of Mach 0.72, a range of 1,223 nautical miles, and a service ceiling of 43,000 feet.

This is the fourth tracked landing by N77VA at Ontario County IDA in the 40-flight window from August 1 to October 29, 2026. The previous landing at the airport was on October 6, 23 days before this flight. Tom Cruise's home base is Clearwater Air Park (KCLW), located 935 nautical miles from Canandaigua. His usual destinations include Fort Lauderdale Executive, Van Nuys, Naples Municipal, President Donald J. Trump International Airport in West Palm Beach, Teterboro, and Farnborough. In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft visited 10 airports and flew about 10,667 nautical miles. Recent trips included flights from Tampa to Hampton on October 26 and from Belmar to Tampa on October 25.

Tom Cruise is an actor, producer, and aviation enthusiast with a net worth of about $600 million and a global box office of more than $11.5 billion. He is a licensed pilot and has maintained a primary residence in Clearwater, Florida, since 2017. No public event or appearance by Tom Cruise has been announced in the Ontario County area for this date. The flight follows a pattern of regional travel that has included trips to the Northeast and Midwest in recent weeks, including a stop at Canandaigua on October 6.

In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft made 14 flights totaling 31.2 hours in the air and producing about 23,983 kg of CO2. The longest leg in that window was from Burbank to Salina on September 30, covering 1,033 nautical miles. The most common destinations in that period were Tampa with 14 landings, Ontario County IDA with three, and Pinellas Park with three.

The short hop from and back to the same airport is unusual in the aircraft's tracked history. It may indicate a test flight, a training exercise, or a brief local trip. As always, the reason remains a matter of speculation.