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Notre Dame vs USC weekend: a jet in from the Lehigh Valley

A Notre Dame-tied jet reached South Bend before the Irish's October 18 home game with USC.

Oct 16, 2025N450WC
Estimated route, no live track
Complete outing
  1. 1Allentown/Bethlehem, PAWhite Plains, NYKABE → KHPNOct 16, 20252:13 PM2:53 PMEDT39mStats selected1h 42m on ground
  2. 2White Plains, NYSouth Bend, INKHPN → KSBNOct 16, 20254:35 PM6:10 PMEDT1h 36m

Notre Dame beat USC 34-24 at Notre Dame Stadium on October 18, 2025, hosting about 60 recruits across the weekend. A Notre Dame-tied jet (N450WC) flew into South Bend (KSBN) from Allentown (KABE) on October 16. Blue and Gold and On3 confirmed the game's visitor list.

Selected flight record
Leg 1 of 2
Route
KABE → KHPN
Departure
Oct 16, 2025, 2:13 PM ET
Arrival
Oct 16, 2025, 2:53 PM ET
Airborne
39m
Paired legs
returnSouth Bend, IN → White Plains, NY → Allentown/Bethlehem, PAApr 19, 2026, 2:24 PM
Sources & methodology

Sources: ESPN, On3, 247Sports; flight track via public ADS-B.

247sports.com ↗espn.com ↗on3.com ↗

Flight cost methodology →

Aircraft & ownership
Aircraft
Tail
N450WC
FAA type
GLF4 · Gulfstream IV family
Group
College FB
Registry
United States
Attribution
Registered owner
Park Landing Aviation
current registry · not dated to this flight
Operator
NEW WORLD AVIATION, INC.part 135
certificate N38A, AOQA · observed 2025-10-06 and 2025-11-22, not on this date
Program tie
NEW WORLD AVIATION, INC. — confirmed prior servicedocumented
funnel confirmed service · 1 confirmed flight_reason_labels for notre-dame on NEW WORLD AVIATION, INC. (0 documented, 1 approved/published) across 1 tail(s): N450WC; first 2025-
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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.