Tom Cruise's HondaJet N77VA flies from Tampa to Homestead in 46 minutes

Tom Cruise's HondaJet HA-420, tail number N77VA, flew from Tampa Executive Airport (KVDF) to Homestead East Airstrip (KFLR) in Coral Gable, Florida, on Sunday, November 8, 2026. The aircraft departed at 16:47 UTC and landed at 17:33 UTC, spending 46 minutes in the air. The flight covered a great-circle distance of 178 nautical miles, or 205 miles.

The aircraft reached a top ground speed of 426 knots and a highest altitude of 25,000 feet, with an average ground speed of 230 knots. Celebplanes estimates the flight burned about 62 US gallons of fuel, producing roughly 594 kilograms of CO2, equivalent to driving a car 1,470 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 first tracked landing by N77VA at Homestead East Airstrip in the 40-flight window from August 27 to November 3, 2026. Tom Cruise's home base is Clearwater Air Park (KCLW), located 194 nautical miles from the arrival airport. 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 7,677 nautical miles. The aircraft had been on the ground for about 5 days since its previous tracked landing at Tampa on November 3.

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 a devout Scientologist since 1986. His primary base is a two-storey penthouse in The SkyView in Clearwater, Florida, which he purchased in 2017. He spends extensive time in London hotels while filming. The HondaJet is operated via Nexgen Flight Solutions and is used primarily for shorter hops around Florida and the East Coast. This flight from Tampa to Homestead fits that profile, returning the aircraft to a location it had not visited in the tracked window.

The aircraft used about 15 percent of its total range on this flight. The departure field in Tampa sits at an elevation of 22 feet.

The arrival field at Homestead East Airstrip sits at an elevation of 0 feet. In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft made 13 flights totaling 24.1 hours in the air. Celebplanes estimates those flights produced about 18,501 kilograms of CO2. The most common destinations in that window were Tampa with 13 landings, Ontario County IDA with 5 landings, and Daytona Beach with 2 landings. The longest leg in those 30 days was from Ontario County IDA to Tampa on November 3, covering 932 nautical miles.

It typically seats four passengers, up to five. The aircraft has an over-wing engine mount. Celebplanes estimates the fuel burn at 80 US gallons per hour. Recent flights by the same owner include a 2-hour 56-minute leg from Ontario County IDA to Tampa on November 3, and a 1-hour 25-minute leg from Greensboro to Ontario County IDA on the same day.