Taylor Swift would have to shake off a handful of ground-level challenges to attend the Super Bowl after her concert in Japan the night before — but could do so in time-reversing style, with hours to spare.
Even before the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday, sending boyfriend Travis Kelce and his teammates to pro football's ultimate game, Swift's fans have been crunching the numbers to figure if she could play a Feb. 10 show in Tokyo and be at the Super Bowl in Las Vegas the next afternoon.
The answer is yes, thanks to time zones that put Tokyo 17 hours ahead of Las Vegas.
"It's certainly doable," FlightAware spokesperson and former pilot Kathleen Bangs said Monday. "She could probably do this in 10 hours" of in-flight time.
Actor Drew Barrymore even whipped out the whiteboard recently to show the feasibility of a Swift Tokyo-to-Las Vegas trip.
Under Barrymore's calculations, if Swift really pushed it and left Tokyo at "Midnights," (wink, wink), the singer could even have lunch on The Strip on Super Bowl eve.
"She would arrive somewhere in Las Vegas around 11:30 a.m. on Feb. 10," Barrymore said. "She really could make it to the Super Bowl."
Swift's primary challenge could just be securing a private jet that could cover the 6,000 miles from Tokyo to Las Vegas.
She's been closely associated with the Falcon 900LX and Falcon 7X. The latter has a range of just short of 6,000 miles and could make it to Las Vegas without stopping.
And Swift could also rent another plane just for this journey, such as a Bombardier Global Express, which would easily make it to Las Vegas without re-fueling, Bangs said.
"If Taylor Swift wants to go to this football, then Taylor Swift will be at that football game," said Kenny Dichter, founder of private aviation company Wheels Up.