Troy Aikman's Challenger 300 makes a 30-minute hop from Greenville to Dallas

Troy Aikman's Bombardier Challenger 300, tail number N8TA, flew from Majors Airport in Greenville to Dallas Love Field on Wednesday, October 21, 2026. The flight departed at 14:45 UTC and landed at 15:15 UTC, spending 30 minutes in the air.

The great-circle distance was 43 nautical miles, or about 50 miles. The aircraft climbed to a highest altitude of 4,750 feet and reached a top ground speed of 242 knots. Average ground speed was 87 knots. Our estimate puts fuel burned at about 124 US gallons and CO2 at about 1,189 kilograms, roughly the same as driving a car 2,943 miles. The Bombardier Challenger 300 is a super midsize jet with a range of 3,065 nautical miles, a ceiling of 45,000 feet, and seating for up to 10 passengers.

N8TA had landed at Dallas Love Field 17 times in our tracking window before this flight, most recently on October 20, one day earlier. The aircraft's home base is Dallas Love Field. 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 10 airports and flew about 8,366 nautical miles. The longest leg in that period was San Jose to Dallas on October 20, covering 1,257 nautical miles.

Troy Aikman is a three-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. Dallas Love Field is Aikman's home base and the city where he lives and works. No public appearance or business event tied to Aikman in Greenville was found in available web sources.

The flight from Greenville to Dallas is a short hop, using only 1 percent of the aircraft's range. The aircraft had been on the ground in Greenville for about 0 hours before this trip.

The Bombardier Challenger 300 has a top speed of Mach 0.83, or 470 knots. Its cabin measures 930 cubic feet. The aircraft is considered a pioneer in the super midsize category.

Greenville's Majors Airport has a longest runway of 8,030 feet at an elevation of 535 feet. Dallas Love Field's longest runway is 8,800 feet at 487 feet. In the tracking window before this flight, N8TA made 40 tracked flights from June 16 to October 21. The most common destinations were Dallas with 17 landings, Santa Barbara with 7, and Los Angeles with 2.

In the 30 days before this flight, N8TA flew 14 flights totaling 21.9 hours in the air. Estimated CO2 for that period was about 52,499 kilograms. The aircraft's estimated fuel burn is 250 US gallons per hour.