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LSU Donors Paid $39,344 for Kiffin's Taxable Boca Raton Family Trip

Retained ADS-B points to Flightline First's N800CU, which flew Baton Rouge to Boca on Feb. 15 and returned Feb. 18.

Estimated route, no live track
Complete outing
  1. 1Baton Rouge, LABoca Raton, FLKBTRKBCTFeb 15, 202611:50 AM1:45 PMEST1h 55m76h 44m on ground
  2. 2Boca Raton, FLBaton Rouge, LAKBCTKBTRFeb 18, 20266:29 PM8:31 PMEST2h 3mStats selected

LSU's quarterly report says the Tiger Athletic Foundation paid Flightline First $39,344 for a taxable personal "Kiffin Boca Raton family trip." Kiffin's term sheet gives him up to 65 personal private-flight hours each contract year and says its obligations are paid from athletics' self-generated and affiliated-foundation funds, not as general LSU or State of Louisiana obligations.

Retained ADS-B points to Flightline First's N800CU. The Citation flew from Baton Rouge to Boca Raton on Feb. 15 and returned from Boca Raton to Baton Rouge on Feb. 18. The aircraft worked a separate Boca-Washington-South Bend-Boca circuit between those customer legs; that intermediate aircraft movement is not evidence of Kiffin's whereabouts.

LSU did not publish the trip date, tail number or individual family names. N800CU is the high-confidence movement match, not invoice-level confirmation; Flightline's underlying trip sheet remains the document that could close the final gap.

Selected flight record
Leg 2 of 2
Route
KBCT → KBTR
Departure
Feb 18, 2026, 6:29 PM ET
Arrival
Feb 18, 2026, 8:31 PM ET
Airborne
2h 3m
Sources & methodology

Sources: LSU Board of Supervisors; Flightline First; LSU employment term sheet; Louisiana Illuminator.

Aircraft & ownership
Aircraft
Tail
N800CU
FAA type
C25B · Cessna Citation CJ3 family
Registry
United States
Attribution
Registered owner
Flfm 246
current registry · not dated to this flight
Operator
FLIGHTLINE FIRST, LLCpart 135
certificate 3FFA · observed 2025-11-22 and 2026-05-01, not on this date
Program tie
Flightline First, LLC — documented charter customerdocumented
affiliated entity financial disclosure · LSU Board of Supervisors meeting packet, June 26 2026, appendix p.361 — Tiger Athletic Foundation affiliated-entity report: "Flightline First, Llc 3/2lsu.eduflightlinefirst.com
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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.