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UT System Aircraft Ran an East Texas Shuttle on PUF Hearing Day

N139XL returned to Austin before the Senate hearing, then left again later that day.

Jul 29, 2026N139XL
Estimated route, no live track
Complete outing
  1. 1Austin, TXTyler, TXKAUS → KTYRJul 29, 20266:45 AM7:29 AMEDT44m1h 2m on ground
  2. 2Tyler, TXAustin, TXKTYR → KAUSJul 29, 20268:30 AM9:03 AMEDT33m4h 42m on ground
  3. 3Austin, TXTyler, TXKAUS → 38XAJul 29, 20261:45 PM2:20 PMEDT35m

UT System aircraft N139XL made an early Austin-Tyler round trip on July 29, returning to Austin less than an hour before a 9 a.m. Senate hearing on Permanent University Fund allocations between the UT and Texas A&M systems. It left Austin again for an East Texas airfield later that day. The sequence strongly aligns with hearing-related university travel, although public records do not identify the travelers or witnesses.

Selected flight record
Leg 1 of 3
Route
KAUS → KTYR
Departure
Jul 29, 2026, 6:45 AM ET
Arrival
Jul 29, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
Airborne
44m
Sources & methodology

Sources: Texas Senate Higher Education Committee; UT System Aircraft Operations.

capitol.texas.gov ↗utsystem.edu ↗

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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