American Express Gulfstream G650ER N650GB flies London to Tokyo in 13 hours

American Express's Gulfstream G650ER, tail number N650GB, flew from London Stansted Airport (EGSS) to Tokyo Haneda International Airport (RJTT) on Monday, November 9, 2026. The aircraft departed at 10:02 UTC and landed at 23:05 UTC, spending 13 hours and 3 minutes in the air.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 5,145 nautical miles, or 5,920 miles. The aircraft reached a top ground speed of 585 knots and a maximum altitude of 45,000 feet. Based on our estimates, the flight burned about 6,134 US gallons of fuel and produced about 58,921 kilograms of CO2, roughly equal to driving a car 145,844 miles. The Gulfstream G650ER is an ultra-long-range jet with a range of 7,500 nautical miles, a top speed of Mach 0.925, and a ceiling of 51,000 feet. It typically seats 12 passengers and can carry up to 19.

This was the first tracked landing at Tokyo for any of American Express's four aircraft in the 30-day window we reviewed. The aircraft's home base is New York Stewart International Airport (KSWF) in Newburgh. In the 30 days before this flight, American Express's jets visited 16 airports in 6 countries and flew about 48,930 nautical miles. Another tracked aircraft, a Boeing 747-422 registered to Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, landed at Tokyo about 22 hours earlier.

The aircraft averaged 394 knots ground speed on the leg. London Stansted's longest runway is 10,003 feet, with an elevation of 348 feet. Tokyo Haneda's longest runway is 11,024 feet, with an elevation of 35 feet. The distance from the aircraft's home base at Newburgh to Tokyo is 5,819 nautical miles.

American Express Company is a global payments and travel-services corporation headquartered in New York City. Its corporate flight department operates out of Newburgh, and the aircraft are registered to American Express Travel Related Services Co Inc. Tokyo is a major global financial center and a key market for corporate travel and payments services. American Express has a significant presence in Japan, offering its charge and credit card products to consumers and businesses.

The flight from London to Tokyo is one of the longest routes the aircraft can fly, using 69 percent of its maximum range. The aircraft had been on the ground for about five days before this trip, following a previous landing at London on November 4. This leg shows the range and capability of the Gulfstream G650ER for transcontinental and transatlantic executive travel.

In the 30-day tracking window, American Express's four aircraft flew 40 flights. The most common destinations were Newark and Newburgh, each with 10 landings, and Luton with 4 landings. The longest leg in that period was a Newburgh to Perugia flight of 3,671 nautical miles by a Gulfstream G600.