UK Government / Royal Flight's Falcon 900LX G-ZAHS lands at Heathrow from Germany

UK Government / Royal Flight's Dassault Falcon 900LX, tail number G-ZAHS, landed at London Heathrow Airport on Thursday, October 29, 2026, at 22:25 UTC after a 54-minute flight from Uslar Airfield in Germany. The aircraft departed Uslar at 21:31 UTC and covered a great-circle distance of 367 nm, arriving at Heathrow's runway 12,799 feet long. This is the second landing at Heathrow for G-ZAHS on the same day, following an earlier arrival from Lleida, Spain, earlier that morning.

The flight covered 367 nm at an average ground speed of 408 kt, reaching a top speed of 478 kt and a maximum altitude of 32,025 feet. The Dassault Falcon 900LX has a range of 4,750 nm, a top speed of Mach 0.87, and a ceiling of 51,000 feet, typically seating 12 to 14 passengers. Our estimate for this flight shows about 234 US gallons of fuel burned and 2,248 kg of CO2 emitted, roughly the same as driving a car 5,564 miles.

This is the 19th landing at London Heathrow by UK Government / Royal Flight's three aircraft in the 30 days before this flight. The home base for the fleet is RAF Northolt, just 5 nm from Heathrow. Usual destinations include Paris-Le Bourget, New York JFK, Brussels, Munich, and Edinburgh. In the 24 hours before this landing, a Gulfstream G650ER operated by Goldman Sachs also landed at Heathrow, about 9 hours earlier.

UK Government / Royal Flight operates the United Kingdom's government air fleet through 32 (The Royal) Squadron at RAF Northolt. The fleet includes an Airbus A321-200NX (G-GBNI) for long-range VIP transport and two Dassault Falcon 900LX jets (G-ZABH and G-ZAHS) for shorter European diplomatic hops. King Charles III, the Prime Minister, Cabinet ministers, and members of the Royal Family travel on these aircraft, which are funded by the Ministry of Defence and the Government Car Service. The Falcon 900LX jets fly under the KRH645 or KRH646 callsigns.

The aircraft's recent flights include a 1-hour-47-minute leg from Lleida to London earlier on October 29, and a 7-hour-25-minute flight from Nairobi to Palma de Mallorca on October 28. In the 30 days before this flight, UK Government / Royal Flight's three aircraft completed 38 flights totaling 91.7 hours in the air, visiting 38 airports in 15 countries. The longest leg in that period was a 4,550 nm flight from Bangkok to Świdnica - Krzczonów Airstrip on October 15, flown by G-GBNI.

The Falcon 900LX is a 900EX with blended winglets, giving a 7% drag reduction. The aircraft used about 8% of its total range on this 367 nm hop. Uslar Airfield, the departure point, sits at an elevation of 850 feet.

In the 30-day tracking window ending October 29, the owner's three aircraft made 40 tracked flights. The most common destination was London Heathrow, with 19 landings, followed by Aberdeen with 2 landings. The last landing at London before this flight was earlier on October 29 by G-ZAHS itself, about 14 hours prior.

Recent flights by the same owner include a 39-minute, 292 nm hop from Belfast to London on October 28 by G-ZABH, and a 51-minute, 299 nm flight from Northolt to Gran Canaria Island on October 28 by G-GBNI. On October 22, G-ZAHS flew from Newquay to London in 41 minutes covering 193 nm, after a 19-minute, 78 nm leg from Cardiff to Newquay.

The Falcon 900LX now sits at Heathrow, its next movement unannounced. The aircraft's return to its home base area follows a pattern of short European hops typical for the Royal Squadron's operations.