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Tennessee's Aircraft Reached Tampa for SEC Media Days

The university jet arrived before the Volunteers' scheduled Monday afternoon session.

Estimated route, no live track
Complete outing
  1. 1Knoxville/Maryville, TNTampa, FLKTYSKTPAJul 20, 202610:17 AM11:33 AMEDT1h 17m7h 23m on ground
  2. 2Tampa, FLKnoxville/Maryville, TNKTPAKTYSJul 20, 20266:56 PM8:18 PMEDT1h 22m

Tennessee's university aircraft reached Tampa on Monday morning before the Volunteers' scheduled afternoon session at SEC Football Media Days. Tennessee Athletics listed Josh Heupel and three players for the July 20 program, with the team paired with Kentucky beginning at 1:30 p.m. The airport timing and official schedule make this a high-confidence event-context flight.

Selected flight record
Leg 1 of 2
Route
KTYS → KTPA
Departure
Jul 20, 2026, 10:17 AM ET
Arrival
Jul 20, 2026, 11:33 AM ET
Airborne
1h 17m
Sources & methodology
Aircraft & ownership
Aircraft
Tail
N865UT
FAA type
C56X · Cessna Citation Excel / XLS family
Group
SEC
Registry
United States
Attribution
Registered owner
University of Tennessee
Program tie
University of Tennessee Flight Operations — the program's own flight departmentevidence predates this flight
board meeting book · University of Tennessee Finance and Administration Committee meeting book, Oct 2025, information item 8.3, PDF pp.83–84 (sha256 79448bc831defb925f7ca0tennessee.edu
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ADS-B data is a public aircraft-movement record. This page separates observed movement from cited context and avoids passenger claims unless a source document supports them.