Northwestern Wildcats Aircraft Documented Around Big Ten Spring Meetings 2026, 2026-05-19

Estimated route, no live track

Complete outing

1Chicago/Prospect Heights/Wheeling, ILVan Nuys, CAKPWK → KVNYMay 19, 202611:55 AM4:02 PMEDT4h 7m42m on ground
2Van Nuys, CAPalm Springs, CAKVNY → KPSPMay 19, 20264:44 PM5:10 PMEDT26mStats selected

The documented event record links N685KF to Big Ten Spring Meetings 2026, with the flight arriving at Palm Springs, CA around the event window. The article is limited to the sourced event context and the ADS-B route; it does not identify who was aboard.

Selected flight record

Leg 1 of 2

Route: KPWK → KVNY
Departure: May 19, 2026, 11:55 AM ET
Arrival: May 19, 2026, 4:02 PM ET
Airborne: 4h 7m

Track

Altitude: Cruise 45,000 ft · Max 45,025 ft
Speed: Avg 374 kt · Max 468 kt
Samples: 12,639

Sources & methodology

Sources: JetSweep calendar event record for big ten spring meetings 2026; ADS-B route KPWK-KPSP.

Flight cost methodology →

Aircraft & ownership

Aircraft

Tail: N685KF
FAA type: F2TH · Dassault Falcon 2000 family
Group: College FB
Registry: United States

Attribution

Registered owner

Jcg Aviation

current registry · not dated to this flight

Program tie

JCG AVIATION LLC — confirmed prior servicedocumented

funnel confirmed service · 3 confirmed flight_reason_labels for northwestern on JCG AVIATION LLC (3 documented, 3 approved/published) across 2 tail(s): N684KF, N685KF; first 202