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Tyler Perry flies to Sable Island in the midst of his Bahamas development push
The filmmaker's 29-minute hop from Provincetown to the remote island aligns with his ongoing construction on a private Bahamian cay.
By celebplanes · 1 min read · Tyler Perry

Tyler Perry
Tyler Perry flew from Provincetown Municipal Airport to Sable Island Airport on June 6, a brief 29-minute hop in his Embraer E-190, N378TP, that capped a day of coastal travel. The short leg follows a longer flight earlier that day, suggesting a multi-stop itinerary rather than a direct destination flight.
The arrival on Sable Island — a thin crescent of sand roughly 180 miles southeast of Halifax — is not a typical celebrity landing zone. The island is uninhabited except for seasonal research and weather station staff, making Perry's visit almost certainly a refueling stop or a technical diversion rather than a social call. Sable Island Airport is a unpaved airstrip used primarily by supply aircraft.
Perry's private fleet, which he pilots himself, is known to support travel between his Atlanta base and his extensive holdings in the Bahamas, including White Bay Cay and Eleuthera, where he has been developing a private estate with a dedicated runway, as detailed in property records through his ETPC Company LLC. A stop on Sable Island, while unusual, is consistent with a long transatlantic route requiring a fuel or rest pause before reaching the Caribbean.
Aboard the Embraer E-190


The aircraft
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