Tom Cruise's HondaJet N77VA flies 180 nm from Homestead East Airstrip to Tampa in 42 minutes
Why It MattersTracked light-jet movements like this one show how short Florida hops and a single operator's repeat Tampa visits make up a steady share of regional business-jet activity.
A HondaJet HA-420 registered N77VA, associated with Tom Cruise, flew from Homestead East Airstrip (listed as Coral Gable) to Tampa International Airport on Sunday. It departed at 23:18 UTC and landed at 00:00 UTC, 42 minutes in the air over a great-circle distance of 180 nautical miles (207 miles). The aircraft reached a top ground speed of 366 knots and a highest altitude of 22,000 feet, with an average ground speed of 259 knots. Celebplanes estimates the flight burned about 56 US gallons of fuel and produced roughly 534 kilograms of CO2.
The HondaJet HA-420 is a light jet that typically seats four to five passengers, with a top speed of Mach 0.72, a range of 1,223 nautical miles and a service ceiling of 43,000 feet. The flight used about 15 percent of the aircraft's total range. It was the 14th tracked landing by N77VA at Tampa International in the 40-flight window from August 28 to November 8, 2026; the previous Tampa landing was on November 3. The aircraft's home base is Clearwater Air Park (KCLW), 12 nautical miles from Tampa International, and it had been on the ground about 6 hours after its previous tracked landing at Coral Gable earlier the same day.
In the 30 days before the flight, the aircraft visited 11 airports, made 14 flights, spent 24.8 hours in the air, flew about 7,855 nautical miles and produced about 19,095 kg of CO2. Its longest leg in that period was from Ontario County IDA to Tampa on November 3, covering 932 nautical miles. The most common destinations were Tampa with 13 landings, Ontario County IDA with 5 and West Palm Beach with 2. The jet is operated via Nexgen Flight Solutions and is used mainly for shorter hops around Florida and the East Coast.
