Cutter Aviation notched a new company record flight for one of its light jets on April 13. The HondaJet, which was equipped with the Aircraft Performance Modification Group (APMG) package that yields performance similar to the upgraded HondaJet Elite, departed Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport at 11:58 a.m. MST and landed in Kelowna, British Columbia, at 3:37 p.m. PDT. The twinjet then returned to its Arizona home base at 6:54 p.m. MST, completing a the 2,437-mile roundtrip in 6 hours and 56 minutes, including a 38-minute refueling turn.

Cutter Aviation is now the largest fleet operator of HondaJets in the continental U.S. with seven in operation, five of them available through its charter division. The company is home to HondaJet Southwest, which has sold more new and preowned aircraft than any other dealer in the OEM’s network.

Since Cutter is also an authorized service center, it can also provide the APMG upgrade installation. The package includes a horizontal stabilizer extension, removal of vortex generators on the tail and winglets, elimination of the mid-aileron fence, and installation of Garmin G3000 avionics software updates that enhance safety and situational awareness. As a result, aircraft takeoff field length is reduced 443 feet to 3,491 feet, forward baggage capacity is doubled to 200 pounds, mtow is increased to 10,700 pounds, and range is extended about 100 nm to 1,437 nm.