Antonio Gracias's Gulfstream G600 N95VE flies Austin to Harlingen in 40 minutes

Antonio Gracias's Gulfstream G600, tail number N95VE, landed at Valley International Airport in Harlingen, Texas, on Friday, November 13, 2026, at 19:08 UTC. The aircraft departed Austin Bergstrom International Airport at 18:28 UTC. The flight took 40 minutes in the air.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 234 nautical miles, or 269 miles. The aircraft averaged a ground speed of 347 knots and reached a highest altitude of 32,000 feet. It burned an estimated 296 US gallons of fuel, producing about 2,845 kilograms of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 7,042 miles. The Gulfstream G600 is an Ultra Long Range jet with a range of 6,600 nautical miles, a ceiling of 51,000 feet, and seating for up to 19 passengers. It has been in service since 2019.

This was the first landing at Harlingen for N95VE in the tracked window of the past 30 days. The aircraft's home base is Chicago Executive Airport in Illinois. In the 30 days before this flight, the jet visited 11 airports and flew about 23,014 nautical miles. The longest leg in that period was Teterboro to San Francisco on October 22, covering 2,226 nautical miles. Other tracked aircraft that landed at Valley International in the 24 hours before this flight include a Gulfstream G650 and a Cessna Citation, though no direct connection to Antonio Gracias is known.

Antonio Gracias founded Valor Equity Partners, a Chicago private equity firm that was an early investor in Tesla and SpaceX. He served on Tesla's board for years and is a longtime friend and adviser to Elon Musk. In 2025, he worked with Musk's Department of Government Efficiency. Harlingen is near the Texas-Mexico border and is a gateway to the Rio Grande Valley, an area with business and agricultural interests. No public events or meetings tied to Antonio Gracias or Valor Equity Partners were found in the Harlingen area for this date.

This short flight used only 4 percent of the aircraft's range. The aircraft is registered to Chim Chim Aviation LLC of Chicago and is associated with Valor Equity Partners in spotter photos. The flight from Austin to Harlingen is a quick regional hop, covering a distance that is less than a third of the aircraft's typical transcontinental legs.

The aircraft's top speed is Mach 0.925, or 515 knots. On this flight, it reached a top ground speed of 555 knots. The Gulfstream G600 is a stretched version of the G500 and has four passenger zones. The departure airport in Austin has a longest runway of 12,250 feet at an elevation of 542 feet. The arrival airport in Harlingen has a longest runway of 9,400 feet at an elevation of 36 feet.

The distance from the aircraft's home base at Chicago Executive Airport to Harlingen is 1,068 nautical miles. In the 30 days before this flight, the jet flew 21 tracked flights totaling 54.8 hours in the air. It produced an estimated 231,587 kilograms of CO2 in that period. The most common destinations in that window were Austin with six landings, Teterboro with five, and Dulles with two.

Before this flight, the aircraft had been on the ground for about 15 hours after its previous tracked landing at Austin. That prior flight came from Teterboro on November 13, covering 1,313 nautical miles in 3 hours and 24 minutes. Other recent flights include Dulles to Teterboro, Fort Lauderdale to Dulles, and Grand Rapids to Fort Lauderdale. The aircraft burns an estimated 440 US gallons of fuel per hour.