Tennessee's Aircraft Returned from Chicago's Women's Basketball Showcase, 2026-07-25

Estimated route, no live track

Complete outing

1Knoxville/Maryville, TNChicago, ILKTYS → KMDWJul 25, 20267:41 AM8:53 AMEDT1h 13mStats selected9h 16m on ground
2Chicago, ILKnoxville/Maryville, TNKMDW → KTYSJul 25, 20266:09 PM7:10 PMEDT1h 1m

Tennessee's university aircraft returned to Knoxville after a same-day Chicago visit during the Nike Tournament of Champions and Nike Nationals. Both events ran during the NCAA women's basketball evaluation period. The paired flights closely bracket an event-day outing by the official university aircraft.

Selected flight record

Leg 2 of 2

Route: KMDW → KTYS
Departure: Jul 25, 2026, 6:09 PM ET
Arrival: Jul 25, 2026, 7:10 PM ET
Airborne: 1h 1m

Sources & methodology

Sources: NCAA women's basketball recruiting calendar; Tournament of Champions.

ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com ↗thetoc.org ↗

Flight cost methodology →

Aircraft & ownership

Aircraft

Tail: N865TN
FAA type: C56X · Cessna Citation Excel / XLS family
Group: SEC
Registry: United States

Attribution

Attributed to University of Tennessee-owned aircraft (post-transfer) · ownership connection · high confidence

Registered owner

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE

FAA Registry N865TN ↗ · Current FAA registration record: University of Tennessee, Cessna 560XL, serial 560-6038, Mode-S ABE320, certificate issued July 10, 2025.

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 ↗