Troy Taylor's Gulfstream G550 N10274 flies Baton Rouge to Dulles in 1 hour 53 minutes

Troy Taylor's Gulfstream G550, tail number N10274, flew from Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport on Friday, November 13, 2026. The flight departed at 20:05 UTC and landed at 21:59 UTC, spending 1 hour 53 minutes in the air. It is a 2008 Gulfstream G550, serial 5210, with a range of 6,750 nautical miles and a top speed of Mach 0.885. The aircraft can seat up to 19 passengers and has a service ceiling of 51,000 feet.

The great-circle distance between Baton Rouge and Dulles is 841 nautical miles, or 967 miles. The aircraft averaged a ground speed of 445 knots and reached a highest altitude of 45,025 feet and a top ground speed of 579 knots. Based on our estimates, the flight burned about 774 US gallons of fuel and produced about 7,440 kilograms of CO2, about the same as driving a car 18,415 miles. The aircraft used 12 percent of its maximum range on this leg.

Before this flight, N10274 had landed at Dulles once in the tracking window from October 19 to November 13, with the last visit on November 12, two days earlier. Its home base is Tampa International Airport, and its usual destinations on file include Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport. In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft made 27 flights totaling 40.7 hours in the air, with the most common destinations being Houston and Tampa. A Gulfstream G280 with tail number N280GJ landed at Dulles about 20 hours before this flight.

Troy Taylor is the founder, chairman and CEO of Coca-Cola Beverages Florida, a Tampa company that bottles and sells Coca-Cola drinks across most of Florida. It is one of the largest privately owned Coca-Cola bottlers in the U.S. and the only one owned by a Black American. He also runs Cardinal System Holdings, its parent, and sits on the board of Cox Enterprises. Dulles is near Washington, D.C., about 706 nautical miles from Taylor's home base in Tampa. No public events or meetings involving Taylor or his company were found near Dulles on that date.

The Gulfstream G550 had flown a series of short legs earlier on November 13, including Lafayette to Baton Rouge and Angleton to Lafayette, before heading to Dulles. The aircraft remains at Washington Dulles International Airport as of the last recorded data.

The aircraft is a GV-SP type, with more than 617 in operation worldwide. Its estimated fuel burn is 410 US gallons per hour. Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport has a longest runway of 7,500 feet at an elevation of 70 feet. Washington Dulles International Airport has a longest runway of 11,500 feet at an elevation of 312 feet.

In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft visited 13 airports in one country and flew about 15,474 nautical miles. The longest leg in that period was Houston to West Palm Beach on November 9, covering 814 nautical miles. The most common destinations were Houston with 10 landings, Tampa with 9 landings, and Miami with 2 landings.

Recent flights by the same owner include Tampa to Miami on November 11, lasting 44 minutes over 177 nautical miles. On November 10, the aircraft flew Miami to Tampa in 27 minutes over 164 nautical miles, and West Palm Beach to Miami in 23 minutes over 53 nautical miles.