WVU Flights

Morgantown to Austin, TX (round trip)

Trip Details

Date

Nov 4, 2021
Route

LBE-MGW-AUS-MGW-LBE
Destinations

Austin, TX
Morgantown, WV
Aircraft

Challenger 350 (N468CE)
Flight Hours

5.9
Approx. Distance

2,166.41 nmi
Flight Crew

Allan David Eastbourn
Robert Enos

Cost

Hourly Rate

$4,745.25
Landing Fees

$270.00
Fuel Surcharge

$2,617.22
Crew Expenses

$150.00
Domestic Tax

-
Est. Federal Tax^†

$2,327.57

Total

$31,034.20

$ The cost of this flight is greater than one year of tuition.

† Federal Excise Tax is only an estimate of the actual, at 7.5%. It is not included in the total.

Carbon Footprint

Fuel Burned^‡

1,781.80 gal
CO₂ Emitted^*

15.93 metric tons

‡ Challenger 350 burns 302 gal/h.
* US Energy Information Administration (EIA) data shows the average CO₂ emitted by burning 1 gallon of jet fuel/AVGAS is 8,939.50 grams.

Passengers (1)

1. E. Gordon Gee

Dept.

WVU President

VP/Div.

President's Office

Justification

Justification

panelist for a discussion on higher education

Travel to Austin TX to speak as a panelist on higher education at Legend Labs’ Higher Education’s Accelerated Evolution panel event. President Gee will join Tom Gilligan, immediate past leader of the Hoover Institute and former Dean of the business schools at USC and The University of Texas; Donde Plowman, Chancellor, The University of Tennessee; Pardis Mahdavi, Dean of Social Sciences at Arizona State University; and Jay Bernhardt, Dean of the College of Communication at The University of Texas. This panel will explore the impact on the higher education landscape through the lens of strategic communications and data and analytics. Topics of discussion revolve around the growing spotlight on higher education, accelerated by a global pandemic and social justice reckoning, and the related institutional vulnerabilities and opportunities that have emerged as a result.

Signed for by

Amy Garbrick
Approved by

Amy Garbrick