Notre Dame vs USC weekend: a jet in from Connecticut, 2025-10-17

Estimated route, no live track

Complete outing

1Hartford, CTWesthampton Beach, NYKBDL → KFOKOct 17, 20257:17 AM7:41 AMEDT24m23m on ground
2Westhampton Beach, NYHartford, CTKFOK → KBDLOct 17, 20258:03 AM8:25 AMEDT21m6h 23m on ground
3Hartford, CTWesthampton Beach, NYKBDL → KFOKOct 17, 20252:48 PM3:12 PMEDT24m50m on ground
4Westhampton Beach, NYSouth Bend, INKFOK → KSBNOct 17, 20254:02 PM5:49 PMEDT1h 48m

Notre Dame defeated USC 34-24 at Notre Dame Stadium on October 18, 2025, on one of its biggest recruiting weekends of the season. A Notre Dame-tied jet (N203MW) flew into South Bend (KSBN) from Hartford (KBDL) on October 17. Blue and Gold and On3 confirmed the game's 60-recruit visitor list.

Selected flight record

Leg 3 of 4

Route: KBDL → KFOK
Departure: Oct 17, 2025, 2:48 PM ET
Arrival: Oct 17, 2025, 3:12 PM ET
Airborne: 24m

Paired legs

returnSouth Bend, IN → Hartford, CTOct 19, 2025, 1:49 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: N203MW
FAA type: CL60 · Bombardier Challenger 604 family
Group: College FB
Registry: United States

Attribution

Registered owner

Goodroot Air

current registry · not dated to this flight

Operator

The Whitewind Companypart 135

certificate UWUA · observed 2025-10-06 and 2025-11-22, not on this date

Program tie

The Whitewind Company — confirmed prior servicedocumented

funnel confirmed service · 1 confirmed flight_reason_labels for notre-dame on The Whitewind Company (0 documented, 1 approved/published) across 1 tail(s): N203MW; first 2025-10-