Troy Aikman's Challenger 300 flies 42 nm from Dallas to Greenville in 20 minutes

Troy Aikman's Bombardier Challenger 300, tail number N8TA, flew from Dallas Love Field to Majors Airport in Greenville on Wednesday, October 21, 2026. The aircraft departed at 14:26 UTC and landed at 14:45 UTC. The flight took 20 minutes.

The great-circle distance was 42 nm, or 49 miles. The aircraft averaged 130 kt in the air and reached a top ground speed of 251 kt. The highest altitude seen was 3,725 ft. Our estimate puts fuel burned at about 81 US gallons and CO2 at about 781 kg, about the same as driving a car 1,934 miles. The Bombardier Challenger 300 is a Super Midsize jet with a range of 3,065 nm, a ceiling of 45,000 ft, and seating for up to 10 passengers.

Our tracking shows no earlier landings at Greenville in the 40 flights we tracked from June 10 to October 20, 2026. Aikman's home base is Dallas Love Field. His usual destinations include Chicago O'Hare, Miami International, Aspen-Pitkin County, Harry Reid International in Las Vegas, San Diego International and Charlotte Douglas. In the 30 days before this flight, N8TA visited 9 airports and flew about 8,324 nm. The longest leg in that period was San Jose to Dallas on October 20, 1,257 nm.

Troy Aikman is a 3-time Super Bowl champion quarterback with the Dallas Cowboys and has been the lead analyst for ESPN's Monday Night Football since 2022. He is also an investor in Eight Elite Lager and Sirius XM. No public appearance or business event tied to Aikman in the Greenville area was found in available web sources.

The flight from Dallas to Greenville is a short hop, using about 1 percent of the aircraft's range. The aircraft had been on the ground in Dallas for about 31 hours before this trip. The next flight will tell us more.

The Challenger 300 has a top speed of Mach 0.83, or 470 knots, and a 930-cubic-foot cabin. The aircraft is a pioneer in the super-mid category. Our tracking shows that in the 30 days before this flight, N8TA completed 13 flights, spending 21.5 hours in the air and producing an estimated 51,718 kg of CO2.

Dallas Love Field's longest runway is 8,800 feet at an elevation of 487 feet. Majors Airport in Greenville has a longest runway of 8,030 feet at 535 feet. In the tracked period, N8TA's most common destinations were Dallas with 18 landings, Santa Barbara with 7, and Los Angeles with 2.

Recent flights by the same owner include a 41-minute, 203-nautical-mile trip from Santa Barbara to San Jose on October 18, 2026, and a 30-minute, 77-nautical-mile hop from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara on October 13. On October 11, the aircraft flew from Dallas to Los Angeles in 2 hours 45 minutes over 1,078 nautical miles.