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Tennessee's Aircraft Returned to Hamilton During the Women's Basketball Evaluation Period

The university aircraft landed at the airport serving Spooky Nook Champion Mill.

Estimated route, no live track
Complete outing
  1. 1Knoxville/Maryville, TNHamilton, OHKTYSKHAOJul 26, 202610:05 AM10:51 AMEDT46mStats selected3h 1m on ground
  2. 2Hamilton, OHRock Hill, SCKHAOKUZAJul 26, 20261:52 PM2:49 PMEDT57m3h 49m on ground
  3. 3Rock Hill, SCKnoxville/Maryville, TNKUZAKTYSJul 26, 20266:38 PM7:09 PMEDT31m

Tennessee's university aircraft reached Hamilton while The Finale was underway at Spooky Nook Champion Mill during the NCAA women's basketball evaluation period. The same aircraft had made a Hamilton round trip two days earlier. This visit became the first leg of a same-day Hamilton-Rock Hill circuit through two exact event cities.

Selected flight record
Leg 1 of 3
Route
KTYS → KHAO
Departure
Jul 26, 2026, 10:05 AM ET
Arrival
Jul 26, 2026, 10:51 AM ET
Airborne
46m
Sources & methodology

Sources: NCAA women's basketball recruiting calendar; Select Events Basketball; Certified Basketball.

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
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