Purdue's Hawker flew to the Big Ten's spring meetings, 2026-05-17

Estimated route, no live track

Flight

West Lafayette, INLong Beach, CAKLAF → KLGBMay 17, 20263:02 PM7:19 PMEDT4h 17m

The Big Ten's spring meetings ran in Los Angeles May 18, 2026 to May 20, 2026, and Purdue's own aircraft made the trip. The Big Ten held its 2026 spring meetings in Los Angeles for the second straight year.

The Hawker, registered to Purdue Aviation LLC, departed West Lafayette, IN at 15:02 ET on May 17, 2026 and landed at Long Beach, CA at 19:19 ET.

The registration ties the aircraft to the school; the flight record does not say who was aboard, and the event dates are the only link between this trip and the meeting itself.

Selected flight record

Flight record

Route: KLAF → KLGB
Departure: May 17, 2026, 3:02 PM ET
Arrival: May 17, 2026, 7:19 PM ET
Airborne: 4h 17m

Paired legs

returnLong Beach, CA → West Lafayette, INMay 19, 2026, 4:52 PM

Sources & methodology

Sources: Big Ten Conference; FAA aircraft registry.

bigten.org ↗

Flight cost methodology →

Aircraft & ownership

Aircraft

Tail: N901MJ
FAA type: H25B · Hawker 800 family
Group: Big Ten
Registry: United States

Attribution

Registered owner

Purdue Aviation

current registry · not dated to this flight

Operator

BLATTI AVIATION, LLCpart 135

certificate BQOA · observed 2026-05-01 and 2026-08-04, not on this date

Program tie

Purdue Aviation LLC — program-owned entityevidence predates this flight

entity structure · Fixed-base operator at Purdue University Airport (KLAF), 50/50 owned by McClure Park LLC (a Purdue Research Foundation disregarded entity) and SkyNigh