UK Government Royal Flight's Falcon 900LX G-ZABH flies 665 nm from Northolt to Heathrow

UK Government / Royal Flight's Dassault Falcon 900LX, tail number G-ZABH, landed at London Heathrow Airport on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, at 20:16 UTC. The aircraft departed RAF Northolt at 18:38 UTC and spent 1 hour 38 minutes in the air. The flight covered a great-circle distance of 665 nm at an average ground speed of 406 kt.

The aircraft reached a highest altitude of 40,025 feet and a top ground speed of 444 kt. It burned an estimated 426 US gallons of fuel, producing about 4,091 kg of CO2. The Falcon 900LX has a range of 4,750 nm, a service ceiling of 51,000 feet, and can carry up to 14 passengers. This flight used about 14 percent of the aircraft's range.

This was the 13th landing by UK Government / Royal Flight aircraft at London Heathrow in the 30 days before this flight. The previous landing at Heathrow was on November 7, 2026, by the same aircraft, G-ZABH, which arrived from Helsinki. The home base for UK Government / Royal Flight is RAF Northolt, about 5 nm from Heathrow. The fleet's usual destinations include Paris, New York, Brussels, Munich, and Edinburgh. In the 30 days before this flight, the fleet's most common destination was London, with 12 landings, followed by Newquay with 3 landings and Helsinki with 2 landings. About 6 hours before this landing, Ernesto Bertarelli's Bombardier Global 7500 also landed at London Heathrow.

UK Government / Royal Flight operates the United Kingdom's government air fleet for King Charles III, the Prime Minister, Cabinet ministers, and members of the Royal Family. The fleet includes the Airbus A321-200NX G-GBNI and two Dassault Falcon 900LX jets. The Falcon 900LX jets handle shorter European diplomatic hops under the KRH645 and KRH646 callsigns. The flight from Northolt to Heathrow comes as the UK government continues its diplomatic engagements across Europe. No news outlet reported a specific event tied to this flight.

The aircraft's arrival at Heathrow, rather than at its home base at RAF Northolt, is a routine occurrence for the fleet. Before this leg, G-ZABH had flown from London to Oslo on November 9, covering 646 nm in 1 hour 59 minutes. The aircraft's previous tracked landing before departing Northolt was about 28 hours earlier, at Oslo Gardermoen.

On November 7, G-ZABH flew from Helsinki to London, covering 993 nm in 2 hours 50 minutes. On November 6, it flew from Akrotiri to London, a 5-hour flight of 1,763 nm. On November 5, it flew from Cheltenham to Akrotiri, covering 1,814 nm in 4 hours 10 minutes.

The longest leg was by G-GBNI on November 1, from Northolt to London, Essex, covering 3,693 nm. The Falcon 900LX has a top speed of Mach 0.87 or 482 knots. It is a 900EX with blended winglets, giving a 7 percent drag reduction. Estimated fuel burn is 260 US gallons per hour.