Tom Cruise's HondaJet N77VA flies from Greensboro to Canandaigua in 1 hour 25 minutes

Tom Cruise's HondaJet HA-420, tail number N77VA, flew from Piedmont Triad International Airport (KGSO) in Greensboro, North Carolina, to Canandaigua Airport (KIUA) in Ontario County, New York, on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. The aircraft departed at 13:52 UTC and landed at 15:18 UTC, spending 1 hour and 25 minutes in the air. The flight covered a great-circle distance of 426 nautical miles, or 491 miles.

The departure airport, Piedmont Triad International, has a longest runway of 10,001 feet at an elevation of 925 feet. The arrival airport, Canandaigua Airport, has a longest runway of 5,500 feet at an elevation of 814 feet. It has over-wing engine mounts and typically seats four passengers, up to five.

The aircraft reached a top ground speed of 439 knots and a highest altitude of 39,000 feet, with an average ground speed of 300 knots. Celebplanes estimates the flight burned about 114 US gallons of fuel, producing roughly 1,092 kilograms of CO2, equivalent to driving a car 2,703 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 fifth tracked landing by N77VA at Canandaigua Airport in the 40-flight window from August 4 to October 29, 2026. The previous landing at Canandaigua was on October 29, five 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 9 airports and flew about 8,183 nautical miles. The aircraft had been on the ground for about 5 days since its previous tracked landing at Greensboro on October 29.

In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft made 13 flights totaling 25.1 hours in the air and producing about 19,253 kilograms of CO2. The longest leg in that period was from Ontario County IDA to Tampa on October 6, covering 932 nautical miles. The most common destinations in that window were Tampa with 13 landings, Ontario County IDA with 4 landings, and Pinellas Park with 3 landings.

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 Canandaigua area for this date. The flight follows a pattern of regional travel that has included trips to the Northeast and Midwest in recent weeks.

The HondaJet is operated via Nexgen Flight Solutions and is used primarily for shorter hops around Florida and the East Coast. This flight from North Carolina to upstate New York fits that profile, returning the aircraft to a location it visited four times in the previous three months. The aircraft used about 35 percent of its total range on this flight.