Falcon 900EX N818TH Flies 1-Hour Local Circuit at St Louis Regional After 76 Days on the Ground
Why It MattersA long-range jet idle for months then flown only a short local hop shows how much owner-held business aircraft activity is ground time, and it is what makes utilisation figures swing widely.
Falcon 900EX N818TH, tracked as Tommy Hilfiger's aircraft, flew a local circuit from St Louis Regional Airport (KALN) on October 31, 2026. The flight lasted 1 hour 7 minutes, and the aircraft landed back at the same airport at 16:49 UTC. The great-circle distance between departure and arrival was 3 nautical miles. The jet reached a maximum altitude of 41,025 feet and a top ground speed of 475 knots. Based on flight time, the estimated fuel burn was 358 US gallons of Jet-A, producing about 3,442 kilograms of CO2.
The movement was the second tracked landing by N818TH at KALN in 76 days. The previous landing there was on August 16, 2026, when the aircraft arrived from West Palm Beach (KPBI). Before that, the aircraft had flown from Nice, France, to Bangor, Maine, on August 15, then on to West Palm Beach and St Louis, and it remained at St Louis until the October 31 circuit. The flight appears to have been a local test or repositioning hop.
The Falcon 900EX is a long-range business jet with a range of 4,500 nautical miles, a top speed of Mach 0.87 and a service ceiling of 51,000 feet. Among 32 tracked flights between May and August 2026, the most common destinations were West Palm Beach (9 landings), Teterboro (4) and Bangor (3). St Louis is not among the usual destinations on file for Hilfiger, and no recent public appearances or business events tied to him or his company were found in the St Louis area.
