Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones added another quick hop to his busy personal fleet on Monday, November 2, 2026. His Airbus H145 helicopter, tail number N945DC, departed Grand Prairie Municipal Airport at 00:36 UTC and touched down at Dallas Love Field at 00:43 UTC, completing the 11‑nautical‑mile (about 13‑mile) flight in seven minutes.
Flight details and performance
The light twin‑engine H145 reached a maximum altitude of 1,050 feet and a top ground speed of 117 knots. Based on the aircraft’s fuel‑burn rate, the short flight consumed an estimated 11 U.S. gallons of jet fuel, producing roughly 106 kilograms of carbon dioxide – the equivalent of driving a typical car about 262 miles.
Context within Jones’s fleet activity
This landing marks the 18th tracked arrival of any of Jones’s aircraft at Dallas Love Field since the airport became his home base on August 23, 2026. The most frequent destination for his fleet remains Dallas, with 17 recorded landings, followed by Arlington (five) and Fayetteville (two). The longest recent leg logged by his fleet was a 4,286‑nautical‑mile Gulfstream V flight from Paris to Dallas on October 3, 2026.
In the 30‑day period ending with the November 2 flight, Jones’s aircraft logged 16 flights totaling 22.6 hours in the air and an estimated 90,722 kilograms of CO₂ emissions. The H145’s typical range of around 370 nautical miles and capacity for up to nine passengers makes it well‑suited for short regional trips between Jones’s frequent destinations, which include Las Vegas, Chicago, Miami, Washington, Minneapolis and Orlando.
Local airport infrastructure
Grand Prairie Municipal Airport, the departure field, features a longest runway of 4,001 feet and sits at an elevation of 588 feet. Dallas Love Field, the arrival airport, offers a longer runway of 8,800 feet and sits at 487 feet above sea level. The H145’s fuel consumption is estimated at about 90 U.S. gallons per hour, underscoring the efficiency of the short‑range hop.
Owner background
Jerry Jones has been the owner, president and general manager of the Dallas Cowboys since 1989. His wealth, estimated at roughly $13 billion, stems largely from his energy and oil enterprise, Jones Oil & Land Lease. Jones resides in Highland Park, Dallas, and registers his aircraft under the Dallas Cowboys name, using the “DC” tail‑letter convention shared with the team’s Gulfstream V (tail number N1DC).
Additional assets
Beyond his aviation fleet, Jones also owns the 109‑meter motor yacht Bravo Eugenia, built by Oceanco in 2018. As of the latest fix, the yacht was anchored in the western Mediterranean, roughly 4,272 nautical miles from Dallas Love Field and 4,282 nautical miles from Grand Prairie Municipal Airport.
Jones’s frequent use of private aircraft and vessels reflects a broader trend among high‑net‑worth individuals in the Dallas area who rely on rapid, point‑to‑point travel to manage business and personal commitments across the United States and abroad.
Original reporting: Grand Prairie local news (OBBM news search) — read the source article.
