Andrew Forrest's Bombardier Global 8000 returns to Perth after 7-hour flight

Andrew Forrest's Bombardier Global 8000, tail number VH-FMG, flew from Perth International Airport (YPPH) to Perth International Airport on Monday, October 19, 2026. The aircraft departed at 03:09 UTC and landed at 10:31 UTC, spending 7 hours 22 minutes in the air. The flight reached a top altitude of 47,000 feet and a top ground speed of 558 knots.

The aircraft's departure and arrival both used Perth's longest runway, which is 11,299 feet long at an elevation of 67 feet. That earlier flight on October 16 was also a Perth-to-Perth trip, lasting 3 hours 59 minutes.

The Bombardier Global 8000 is an ultra-long-range heavy jet with a typical range of about 8,000 nautical miles and seating for up to 19 passengers. According to celebplanes estimates, the aircraft burned about 3,316 US gallons of fuel on this flight, producing about 31,856 kilograms of CO2. That is roughly equivalent to driving a car 78,852 miles.

Before this flight, VH-FMG had landed at Perth nine times in the tracked window from June 24 to October 16, 2026. The most recent previous landing at Perth was on October 16, three days before this flight. Over the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft visited six airports in six countries and flew about 13,795 nautical miles. The longest leg in that period was from Meknes, Morocco, to Johor Bahru, Malaysia, on October 7, covering 6,300 nautical miles.

Andrew Forrest is the chairman of Fortescue, an Australian mining and green energy company. Perth is the capital of Western Australia and the home base for Fortescue's operations. The aircraft's frequent returns to Perth align with Forrest's business interests in the region. notes that VH-FMG is the only private jet tracked for Andrew Forrest.

In the 30 days before this flight, VH-FMG logged 10 flights totaling 40.2 hours in the air, producing an estimated 173,848 kilograms of CO2. The aircraft's recent trips included flights from Seletar, Singapore, to Perth on October 8, and from Tianjin, China, to San Francisco on September 11. These movements show a pattern of long-haul international travel with frequent returns to Perth.

The aircraft's estimated fuel burn is 450 US gallons per hour. Other recent flights by the same owner include a 9-hour 40-minute trip from Seletar, Singapore, to Perth on October 8, covering 2,118 nautical miles. On September 18, the aircraft flew from Toronto to Teterboro in 1 hour 4 minutes, and on September 11, it flew from Tianjin, China, to San Francisco in 10 hours 21 minutes, covering 5,126 nautical miles.

The flight on Monday added to the aircraft's tracked history of 34 flights since June 24, 2026. The most common destinations in that window were Perth with nine landings, followed by San Francisco and Jerez de la Frontera with two each.