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Erika Kirk's Plane: What the Flight Record Shows, and What It Cannot

The public flight record does not tie any one aircraft to Erika Kirk. N79SC, the Learjet 60 this site has called her probable plane, is at some of her away appearances. But other jets are at the same appearances, N79SC is also at Charlie Kirk's events, and on about half the days both were heard it was within 50 miles of his usual jet, N582MM. The honest description of N79SC is a second jet in the Kirks' orbit, not a plane shown to be hers.

Status: Erika Kirk — Alive. Nothing on this page is a finding of wrongdoing by her or by anyone.

Why her side is harder than his​

The test is the one used for his plane: for each dated public appearance, which Kirk-side jet was heard on the ground within 50 miles on the day? For Charlie Kirk there are 100 dated events before 10 September 2025. For Erika Kirk, two research passes (her Instagram, podcast notes, church and TPUSA event archives) found five appearances outside the Phoenix area with a date and a city:

DatesAppearanceCharlie there?
9–11 June 2023Young Women's Leadership Summit, Grapevine TXnot documented
19 January 2025TPUSA Inaugural-Eve Ball, Washington DCyes
21–22 March 2025BLOOM Women's Spring Conference, San Clemente CAno
13–14 June 2025Young Women's Leadership Summit, Grapevine TXyes, opening night
10 September 2025Provo UT, after the shooting (her own account)—

A July 2025 women's conference in Signal Hill, California is dated only by when it was announced, so it cannot be tested. Everything else before 10 September 2025 is in Phoenix, where the Kirks lived and where most of these jets are based, so a jet on the ground there says nothing about who it carried.

What the jets show at those five​

  • YWLS 2023, Grapevine. No tracked jet was heard near Grapevine. N79SC was heard only in Mesa, Arizona (11 June, 7:00–7:36 a.m.). The archives hold nothing for N582MM or N102DZ on those days.
  • Inaugural-Eve Ball, Washington, 19 January 2025. No tracked jet was heard near Washington. N102DZ was on the ground at Cincinnati and Atlanta that day; N79SC's trace that day has no ground contact; the archives hold nothing for N582MM.
  • BLOOM, San Clemente, 21–22 March 2025 — the one date that fits "her plane". N79SC flew from Scottsdale to Santa Ana (John Wayne Airport, 21.5 miles from San Clemente): heard there at 3:47 p.m. on 21 March and 1:19–1:34 p.m. on 22 March, and back at Scottsdale by 2:34 p.m. Arizona time. Charlie Kirk's usual jet N582MM went Phoenix → Van Nuys → Duluth, Minnesota on 21 March and back to Phoenix on 22 March, and no Charlie Kirk event is sourced for either day (the nearest, a pastors' summit in Georgia, ended on 20 March). But N79SC was not the only jet there. N560TW flew Scottsdale → Santa Ana and back on 21 March, on the ground at Santa Ana for two minutes at 12:43 p.m., three hours before N79SC. N872RA, which is based at Santa Ana, was at Carlsbad on the morning of 21 March and at Santa Ana on the evening of 22 March. Which of them, if any, carried her is not in the record.
  • YWLS 2025, Grapevine. The jet near Grapevine was N582MM: Scottsdale to Dallas Love Field and DFW on 13 June, heard at DFW again at 7:01–7:12 p.m. on 14 June before returning to Scottsdale. N79SC was heard only at Mesa, Arizona on 13 June, and in Nevada, Idaho and Montana on the days either side — never near Texas.
  • 10 September 2025. Her own account, given to the New York Times, is that she was with her mother in a Phoenix hospital and was "on her husband's chartered plane, headed to Provo" when she learned he had died. Two tracked jets flew from Scottsdale to Provo that afternoon: N40JD, landing at 2:29 p.m., and N102DZ, the jet reported as the Kirk family's, at 3:30 p.m. — see his plane and her plane on 10 September. The record does not show which, if either, carried her. N79SC reached Provo later, heard on the ground there at 8:23–8:56 p.m.

Of the five, N79SC fits one (San Clemente), and it was not alone there. N582MM fits YWLS 2025, where Charlie was present too. Two, YWLS 2023 and the Inaugural-Eve Ball, have no tracked jet at all. On 10 September every tracked jet was in Utah.

After 10 September 2025​

As TPUSA's chief executive, Erika Kirk has had many dated public appearances. In Utah on 11 September, the day of the casket escort from Salt Lake City, four of the seven tracked jets were heard on the ground — N79SC, N582MM, N102DZ and N872RA (N79SC hopped from Provo to Salt Lake City that morning). Beyond Utah, two away appearances line up with N79SC on the day: the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony in Washington on 14 October 2025 (N79SC at Dulles that morning and night — but N582MM and N102DZ were both at Dulles the day before, and N102DZ again the day after) and the Hannity taping in New York on 8 December 2025 (N79SC at Teterboro, 4:02–6:18 p.m.). For the swearing-in in Washington on 10 November 2025 the jet at Dulles was N102DZ. For the Fox Nation awards on Long Island on 6 November it was N582MM, at White Plains the day before or after.

N79SC's own movements look like a charter aircraft's, not one family's. In the three days around 14 October 2025 it was on the ground in Florida, Colorado, Virginia, Texas and Arizona. On 8 December, after Teterboro, it was next heard on the ground at Rochester, Minnesota, and then at Philadelphia by 11 p.m. The owner the archives' aircraft database records for it changed from an asset-management company to a bank and then to aircraft trustees during 2026, and the archives first flag it as on the FAA's privacy (LADD) list between 1 May and 1 June 2026 (see the N79SC page).

Was he somewhere else when "her plane" flew?​

That is the test that would separate her plane from his. Before 10 September 2025 it can be run on every day both Learjets were heard on the ground, not only on event days:

Days up to 10 September 2025 both N79SC and N582MM were heard on the ground201
At the same airport69
At different airports within 50 miles34
More than 50 miles apart98

On about half of those days (103 of 201) the two jets were within 50 miles of each other, and on a third (69) at the same airport. And N79SC is at 11 of Charlie Kirk's 100 dated events before 10 September 2025 — with N582MM also there at 8 of them. Only San Clemente shows N79SC at an appearance of hers while his usual jet was demonstrably elsewhere, and three jets were near San Clemente that weekend.

Timeline chart for Provo Municipal Airport, Wednesday 10 September 2025, evening. Upper bar: N79SC, the second Learjet 60 at the Kirks’ events, heard on the ground 8:23 to 8:56 pm, after the shooting. Lower bar: SU-BND, the Egyptian Gulfstream IV, on the ground for the whole window per FlightAware’s record, 5 to 13 September. Shaded: heard on the ground at the same time for 33 minutes, a minimum. The caption says a shared ramp places no person aboard either aircraft and no record ties N79SC to either Kirk on this date.

What this does not show. A day the two jets were apart does not say who was on either. A jet heard at an event does not put a Kirk aboard. None of this weakens or strengthens the claim that foreign aircraft followed her; it only says that her aircraft cannot be named from the public record.

What this means for the "73 overlaps with Erika"​

The count of 73 overlaps with Erika Kirk was never built from any aircraft of hers. In the 85-row overlap register, the column for her aircraft is empty in 84 rows and UNKNOWN in the last; she was placed at each location from social-media posts. When N79SC is tested against the 62 register rows that name her, it was on the ground at the claimed field on one — Provo, 10 September 2025, after the shooting (see the Egyptian jets in the United States). That tests the plane, not her: she may have travelled on another aircraft, and her own itinerary has never been published.

What would settle it is a record, not a reading: her flight log, which she publicly invited people to check; the operators' charter records; or the fixed-base operators' logs at the fields involved. None is public. See also Erika's flight logs erased.

Every appearance, and where the jets were​

Five Kirk-side jets for each dated Erika Kirk appearance. "Elsewhere" names the fields the jet was heard on the ground at that day, more than 50 miles away. Airport codes link to that field's full record.

Generated by build_plane_linkage_pages.py from erika_event_aircraft.csv. Times are local at the field.

Before 10 September 2025​

DateEventCharlie there?N79SCN582MMN102DZN560TWN872RA
9 June 2023YWLS 2023 breakout 'tea time' (Rise Up in Ministry) (Grapevine, TX)Not documentedArchives emptyArchives emptyArchives emptyElsewhere: KSDL Scottsdale, AZArchives empty
9 June 2023 – 11 June 2023YWLS 2023 main-stage speech 'Live Your Life Abundantly' (Grapevine, TX)Not documentedElsewhere: KFFZ Mesa, AZ | KIWA Mesa, AZArchives emptyArchives emptyElsewhere: KSDL Scottsdale, AZArchives empty
10 June 2023Young Women's Leadership Summit 2023 (Grapevine, TX)Not documentedNot heard on the groundArchives emptyArchives emptyNot heard on the groundArchives empty
19 December 2024 – 22 December 2024AmericaFest 2024 Faith Night on stage with Charlie ('Keys to a Thriving Marriage') (Phoenix, AZ)YesAt event: KPHX 20 Dec 10:36–10:38 MST, 10.6 miAt event: KPHX 22 Dec 14:53–14:54 MST, 10.6 miNot heard on the groundAt event: KSDL 20 Dec 13:39–13:42 MST, 10.9 miAt event: KPHX 20 Dec 12:15–13:07 MST, 10.6 mi
19 December 2024 – 22 December 2024AmericaFest 2024 closing remarks + TPUSA staff meeting (Charlie left with Trump on Air Force One) (Phoenix, AZ)NoAt event: KPHX 20 Dec 10:36–10:38 MST, 10.6 miAt event: KPHX 22 Dec 14:53–14:54 MST, 10.6 miNot heard on the groundAt event: KSDL 20 Dec 13:39–13:42 MST, 10.9 miAt event: KPHX 20 Dec 12:15–13:07 MST, 10.6 mi
19 December 2024 – 22 December 2024Sage Steele Show sit-down at AmFest 2024 (Phoenix, AZ)NoAt event: KPHX 20 Dec 10:36–10:38 MST, 10.6 miAt event: KPHX 22 Dec 14:53–14:54 MST, 10.6 miNot heard on the groundAt event: KSDL 20 Dec 13:39–13:42 MST, 10.9 miAt event: KPHX 20 Dec 12:15–13:07 MST, 10.6 mi
19 December 2024 – 22 December 2024Midweek Rise Up recording with Charlie at AmFest 2024 (Phoenix, AZ)YesAt event: KPHX 20 Dec 10:36–10:38 MST, 10.6 miAt event: KPHX 22 Dec 14:53–14:54 MST, 10.6 miNot heard on the groundAt event: KSDL 20 Dec 13:39–13:42 MST, 10.9 miAt event: KPHX 20 Dec 12:15–13:07 MST, 10.6 mi
20 December 2024AmericaFest 2024 (with Pastor James Kaddis) (Phoenix, AZ)Not documentedAt event: KPHX 10:36–10:38 MST, 10.6 miAt event: KSDL 07:59–10:08 MST, 10.9 miNot heard on the groundAt event: KSDL 13:39–13:42 MST, 10.9 miAt event: KPHX 12:15–13:07 MST, 10.6 mi
21 December 2024AmericaFest 2024 Day Three speech (Phoenix, AZ)Not documentedAt event: KPHX 16:17–16:19 MST, 10.6 miAt event: KSDL 05:07–05:54 MST, 10.9 miNot heard on the groundAt event: KSDL 07:33–07:50 MST, 10.9 miDay before / after: KPHX 20 Dec 12:15–13:07 MST, 10.6 mi
19 January 2025Turning Point USA Inaugural-Eve Ball (Washington, DC)YesNot heard on the groundArchives emptyElsewhere: KLUK Cincinnati, OH | KPDK Atlanta, GAArchives emptyArchives empty
21 March 2025 – 22 March 2025BLOOM Women's Spring Conference 2025 (incl. Q&A with Michelle Randall) (San Clemente, CA)NoAt event: KSNA 15:47 PDT, 21.5 miElsewhere: KDLH Duluth, MN | KPHX Phoenix, AZ | KVNY Van Nuys, CAArchives emptyAt event: KSNA 12:43–12:45 PDT, 21.5 miAt event: KSNA 22 Mar 19:03 PDT, 21.5 mi
31 May 2025Andy Biggs for Governor campaign rally (Phoenix, AZ)YesArchives emptyDay before / after: KPHX 30 May 22:47–22:48 MST, 10.6 miNot heard on the groundArchives emptyElsewhere: KSAF Santa Fe, NM | KSBA Santa Barbara, CA
13 June 2025Young Women's Leadership Summit 2025 - opening night with Charlie (Grapevine, TX)YesElsewhere: KIWA Mesa, AZAt event: KDFW 14:42 CDT, 3.4 miArchives emptyNot heard on the groundElsewhere: KBUR Burbank, CA | KOAK Oakland, CA | KSFO San Francisco, CA
14 June 2025Young Women's Leadership Summit 2025 - day 2 (with Elena Cardone) (Grapevine, TX)Not documentedNot heard on the groundAt event: KDFW 19:01–19:12 CDT, 3.4 miArchives emptyArchives emptyNot heard on the ground
10 September 2025Personal account: where she was when Charlie was shot (NOT a public appearance) (Phoenix, AZ)NoAt event: KDVT 21:07–21:10 MST, 8.0 miElsewhere: KBJC Denver, CO | KPVU Provo, UTAt event: KSDL 07:01–07:12 MST, 10.9 miAt event: KSDL 07:48–08:00 MST, 10.9 miElsewhere: KPVU Provo, UT | KSBA Santa Barbara, CA | KSTS Santa Rosa, CA
10 September 2025Personal account: flew to Utah after shooting (NOT a public appearance) (Provo, UT)NoAt event: KPVU 20:23–20:56 MDT, 4.5 miAt event: KPVU 18:57–18:59 MDT, 4.5 miAt event: KPVU 15:30–16:10 MDT, 4.5 miAt event: KPVU 10:07–10:27 MDT, 4.5 miAt event: KPVU 16:36–17:16 MDT, 4.5 mi

After 10 September 2025​

DateEventN79SCN582MMN102DZN560TWN872RA
11 September 2025Arrival of Air Force Two with casket (Phoenix, AZ)At event: KDVT 05:29–05:36 MST, 8.0 miElsewhere: KBAZ New Braunfels, TX | KPVU Provo, UTAt event: KPHX 10:15–10:20 MST, 10.6 miDay before / after: KSDL 10 Sep 07:48–08:00 MST, 10.9 miElsewhere: KMRY Monterey, CA | KSFO San Francisco, CA | KSLC Salt Lake City, UT | KSNA Santa Ana, CA
11 September 2025Escort of Charlie Kirk's casket aboard Air Force Two, SLC -> Phoenix (Salt Lake City, UT)At event: KSLC 09:42 MDT, 2.7 miAt event: KPVU 08:08–08:19 MDT, 40.1 miAt event: KPVU 09:54–10:03 MDT, 40.1 miDay before / after: KPVU 10 Sep 10:07–10:27 MDT, 40.1 miAt event: KSLC 16:51–16:53 MDT, 2.7 mi
12 September 2025First public address after assassination (livestream) (Phoenix, AZ)At event: KSDL 06:11–06:13 MST, 10.9 miElsewhere: KIAD Dulles, VADay before / after: KPHX 11 Sep 10:15–10:20 MST, 10.6 miAt event: KSDL 12:23–12:36 MST, 10.9 miElsewhere: KCRQ Carlsbad, CA | KMHR Sacramento, CA | KSAN San Diego, CA | KSNA Santa Ana, CA | KSTS Santa Rosa, CA
21 September 2025Building a Legacy: Remembering Charlie Kirk (memorial service) (Glendale, AZ)At event: KSDL 12:26–12:28 MST, 17.2 miElsewhere: KDEN Denver, CODay before / after: KSDL 22 Sep 09:59–10:06 MST, 17.2 miAt event: KSDL 12:17–12:19 MST, 17.2 miArchives empty
14 October 2025Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony for Charlie Kirk (Washington, DC)At event: KIAD 11:19–11:27 EDT, 23.8 miDay before / after: KIAD 13 Oct 19:30–20:13 EDT, 23.8 miDay before / after: KIAD 13 Oct 16:27–16:32 EDT, 23.8 miElsewhere: KLAS Las Vegas, NV | KSDL Scottsdale, AZArchives empty
29 October 2025This Is The Turning Point tour - Ole Miss (with VP JD Vance) (Oxford, MS)Elsewhere: KSDL Scottsdale, AZ | KSEZ Sedona, AZ | KVNY Van Nuys, CAElsewhere: KBAZ New Braunfels, TX | KORL Orlando, FL | KRNO Reno, NVElsewhere: KSDL Scottsdale, AZNot heard on the groundElsewhere: KSNA Santa Ana, CA
6 November 20252025 Fox Nation Patriot Awards - inaugural Charlie Kirk Legacy Award (Greenvale, NY)Not heard on the groundDay before / after: KHPN 5 Nov 14:42–14:43 EST, 18.1 miElsewhere: KSDL Scottsdale, AZArchives emptyElsewhere: KBUR Burbank, CA | KCCR Concord, CA | KSNA Santa Ana, CA
10 November 2025Swearing-in of Sergio Gor as U.S. Ambassador to India (Washington, DC)Elsewhere: KATW Appleton, WI | KBAZ New Braunfels, TX | KSDL Scottsdale, AZElsewhere: KFLL Fort Lauderdale, FL | KGYR Goodyear, AZAt event: KIAD 19:24–19:33 EST, 23.8 miNot heard on the groundNot heard on the ground
22 November 2025Megyn Kelly Live tour - final stop, live interview (Glendale, AZ)Day before / after: KSDL 21 Nov 11:00–11:07 MST, 17.2 miAt event: KSDL 11:23 MST, 17.2 miDay before / after: KSDL 21 Nov 09:50–09:54 MST, 17.2 miDay before / after: KSDL 21 Nov 13:32–13:52 MST, 17.2 miAt event: KSDL 19:23–20:05 MST, 17.2 mi
3 December 20252025 New York Times DealBook Summit (interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin) (New York, NY)Archives emptyNot heard on the groundElsewhere: KPBI West Palm Beach, FLNot heard on the groundElsewhere: KSCK Stockton, CA | KSNA Santa Ana, CA
8 December 2025Hannity interview (book launch 'Stop, in the Name of God') (New York, NY)At event: KTEB 16:02–18:18 EST, 14.4 miArchives emptyElsewhere: KPBI West Palm Beach, FLNot heard on the groundElsewhere: KBUR Burbank, CA | KSLC Salt Lake City, UT | KSNA Santa Ana, CA
9 December 2025Fox & Friends appearance (New York, NY)Day before / after: KTEB 8 Dec 16:02–18:18 EST, 14.4 miArchives emptyNot heard on the groundElsewhere: KSDL Scottsdale, AZElsewhere: KSFO San Francisco, CA | KSNA Santa Ana, CA
9 December 2025Guest co-host of The Five (New York, NY)Day before / after: KTEB 8 Dec 16:02–18:18 EST, 14.4 miArchives emptyNot heard on the groundElsewhere: KSDL Scottsdale, AZElsewhere: KSFO San Francisco, CA | KSNA Santa Ana, CA
10 December 2025Full hour of Outnumbered (New York, NY)Elsewhere: KSYR Syracuse, NYArchives emptyElsewhere: KPBI West Palm Beach, FL | KSDL Scottsdale, AZArchives emptyElsewhere: KPDX Portland, OR | KSBA Santa Barbara, CA | KSEZ Sedona, AZ | KSLE Salem, OR | KSNA Santa Ana, CA | KUDD Bermuda Dunes, CA
10 December 2025CBS News Presents: A Town Hall with Erika Kirk (taping; aired Dec 13) (New York, NY)Elsewhere: KSYR Syracuse, NYArchives emptyElsewhere: KPBI West Palm Beach, FL | KSDL Scottsdale, AZArchives emptyElsewhere: KPDX Portland, OR | KSBA Santa Barbara, CA | KSEZ Sedona, AZ | KSLE Salem, OR | KSNA Santa Ana, CA | KUDD Bermuda Dunes, CA
18 December 2025AmericaFest 2025 - Day 1 opening speech (Phoenix, AZ)Elsewhere: KTEB Teterboro, NJArchives emptyAt event: KPHX 12:51–13:53 MST, 10.6 miDay before / after: KSDL 17 Dec 15:14–16:04 MST, 10.9 miElsewhere: KSLE Salem, OR | KSNA Santa Ana, CA
19 December 2025AmericaFest 2025 - Day 2 (Prove Me Wrong event; with Megyn Kelly) (Phoenix, AZ)Elsewhere: KCOE Coeur d'Alene, ID | KMRY Monterey, CA | KNUQ Mountain View, CAArchives emptyDay before / after: KPHX 18 Dec 12:51–13:53 MST, 10.6 miDay before / after: KSDL 20 Dec 07:51–07:54 MST, 10.9 miDay before / after: KSDL 20 Dec 20:11–20:13 MST, 10.9 mi
20 December 2025AmericaFest 2025 - Day 3 (Charlie Kirk award to Caleb Chilcutt) (Phoenix, AZ)Day before / after: KSDL 21 Dec 16:20–16:47 MST, 10.9 miArchives emptyDay before / after: KSDL 21 Dec 00:28–00:31 MST, 10.9 miAt event: KSDL 07:51–07:54 MST, 10.9 miAt event: KSDL 20:11–20:13 MST, 10.9 mi
21 December 2025AmericaFest 2025 - final day (Nicki Minaj interview; introduced JD Vance) (Phoenix, AZ)At event: KSDL 16:20–16:47 MST, 10.9 miArchives emptyAt event: KSDL 00:28–00:31 MST, 10.9 miDay before / after: KSDL 20 Dec 07:51–07:54 MST, 10.9 miAt event: KSDL 10:57–10:59 MST, 10.9 mi

Check it yourself​

  • following/apis/public_open_source/data/analysis/kirk_side/erika_event_aircraft.csv and n79sc_n582mm_days.csv in the site's public repository; her appearance list, with a source for every row, is erika_events.csv in the same folder.
  • Built by code/build_kirk_plane_linkage.py from stops.csv, which traces every stop to a raw file from the free volunteer archives (globe.airplanes.live, adsb.lol, ADS-B Exchange monthly sample).
Legal Disclaimer

This page records where aircraft were heard on the ground and where Erika Kirk was publicly reported to be. It is not a finding that she was aboard any aircraft, and it is not a finding of wrongdoing by her, by Turning Point USA, or by any other living person or organisation. All persons named are presumed innocent.


Flight-record pages for what is on this page​

This investigation keeps one page per airport and one page per recorded ground contact, built directly from the recovered ADS-B traces. These are the ones this page touches.

Airports named on this page:

Aircraft named on this page:

  • N102DZ — full recovered movement record, every airport and every leg
  • N40JD — full recovered movement record, every airport and every leg
  • N560TW — full recovered movement record, every airport and every leg
  • N582MM — full recovered movement record, every airport and every leg
  • N79SC — full recovered movement record, every airport and every leg
  • N872RA — full recovered movement record, every airport and every leg
  • SU-BND — full recovered movement record, every airport and every leg

The two indexes: