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N40JD at KSAN on 2025-05-01

N40JD — Kirk-side Premier 1 — was on the ground at San Diego International (KSAN), San Diego, CA, on 2025-05-01 — the same day as a sourced Charlie event at San Diego, CA.

The contact, as the archives recorded it

FieldValue
AircraftN40JD — Kirk-side Premier 1
UTC date2025-05-01
Ground window (UTC)18:16–19:00
AirportKSAN — San Diego International
WhereSan Diego, CA
Median distance from the field reference point0.94 km
On-ground position fixes103
Whose eventCharlie
EventAmerican Comeback Tour — UC San Diego
Event citySan Diego, CA
Event date2025-05-01
TimingSame day
Straight-line distance to the event city6.2 miles
Found byBoth recovery routes — the per-tail pull and the blind geographic sweep independently hold this contact
Archive sourceadsb-lol|adsbexchange-samples|airplanes-live

Two independent routes hold this contact. One asked where was this tail on this day; the other streamed a whole day of the open archive and filtered it by geography without being told what to look for. They agree.

What this establishes, and what it does not

It establishes that the airframe was there. The positions are on-ground reports from a volunteer receiver network, held in a public archive, and recorded here with the exact window they cover.

It does not establish purpose, and it does not establish occupancy. No ADS-B record anywhere places any person aboard any aircraft. An aircraft near an event is an airframe near an event.

And for this aircraft, proximity is the expected thing. This is a Kirk- or TPUSA-associated airframe. An aircraft that carries the man showing up where the man is is not surveillance — this row is a check that the method works, not evidence of anything.

The same aircraft's other event contacts

DateAirportWhereEvent cityWhen
2025-09-10KPVUProvo, UTOrem, UTSame day
2025-09-20KSDLScottsdale, AZGlendale, AZDay before
2025-09-22KSDLScottsdale, AZGlendale, AZDay after

Other aircraft at KSAN around the same event

DateAircraftWhat it isWhen
2025-05-01N582MMTPUSA-associated Learjet 60Same day
2025-05-01N872RAKirk-side Hawker 800Same day