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UT System aircraft made an Austin-Tampa round trip on Texas's SEC Media Days date

N139XL flew to Tampa and returned to Austin after Texas's July 23 appearance.

Jul 23, 2026N139XL
Estimated route, no live track
Complete outing
  1. 1Austin, TXTampa, FLKAUS → KTPAJul 23, 20269:49 AM12:08 PMEDT2h 18m6h 16m on ground
  2. 2Tampa, FLAustin, TXKTPA → KAUSJul 23, 20266:24 PM8:41 PMEDT2h 17m

Retained ADS-B shows University of Texas System aircraft N139XL flying from Austin to Tampa on July 23 and returning to Austin that evening. Texas Athletics published Steve Sarkisian's July 23 SEC Media Days appearance in Tampa. The exact same-day route supports event context, but does not establish who was aboard.

Selected flight record
Leg 2 of 2
Route
KTPA → KAUS
Departure
Jul 23, 2026, 6:24 PM ET
Arrival
Jul 23, 2026, 8:41 PM ET
Airborne
2h 17m
Sources & methodology

Sources: Texas Athletics and the Southeastern Conference; route data from retained ADS-B.

secsports.com ↗texaslonghorns.com ↗

Flight cost methodology →

Aircraft & ownership
Aircraft
Tail
N139XL
FAA type
C56X · Cessna Citation Excel / XLS family
Group
SEC
Registry
United States
Attribution
Registered owner
Board of Regents, University of Texas System
current registry · not dated to this flight
Program tie
BOARD OF REGENTS — confirmed prior servicedocumented
funnel confirmed service · 8 confirmed flight_reason_labels for texas on BOARD OF REGENTS (0 documented, 8 approved/published) across 1 tail(s): N139XL; first 2026-07-23, latest
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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.