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Bank of America makes a two-minute hop near Denver the same week its board gathers for strategy talks in Charlotte

The bank’s Gulfstream G280 briefly lifted off and landed at Silver Lake Airport, likely repositioning ahead of a board meeting or executive retreat.

By celebplanes · 1 min read · Bank of America

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Bank of America's Gulfstream G280 (N228BA) flight path — MI71 — Silver Lake to MI71 — Silver Lake
Flight path · MI71 — Silver LakeMI71 — Silver Lake · 2m airborne
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Departure
MI71 — Silver Lake
Arrival
MI71 — Silver Lake
Airborne
2m
Distance
2 nm
CO₂
92kg

Bank of America flew its Gulfstream G280, tail N228BA, from a spot near Silver Lake to the same airport on June 8, a two-minute flight that reached 13,925 feet and 377.9 knots before settling back down. The brief hop followed a longer run earlier that day from Colorado Springs Municipal to Silver Lake, and a prior trip on June 7 from Colorado Springs to San Antonio. The pattern suggests the aircraft is cycling through the Denver area, possibly repositioning after the board’s quarterly meetings in Charlotte, the bank’s home base, which concluded earlier this month.

The same week, Bank of America’s corporate flight department has been active across its fleet: the Boeing BBJ (N747BA), delivered in December 2025 per planelogger.com, and the Gulfstream G700 remain on duty while older G650s like N651BA have moved to trusts. The G280, a 2018 model registered to a Bank of Utah trustee according to airport-data.com, closed out a 1-hour 46-minute USAF Academy-to-San Antonio run earlier this week, as documented on celebplanes Bluesky photos. This short bounce likely readies the jet for the board’s next movement or a routine return to Charlotte.

With CEO Brian Moynihan splitting time between Charlotte and New York, and the bank’s fleet of BBJs and Gulfstreams logging heavy schedules to Washington and London, the Denver-area shuffle looks like standard positioning. No news events in Silver Lake explain the trip directly, so the likely story is repositioning: a plane being staged for the next executive run, which tracking shows is often a hop back to Charlotte Douglas or onward to New York’s JFK.

Aboard the Gulfstream G280

Gulfstream G280 exterior — Bank of America's private jet (N228BA)
Gulfstream G280 cabin floor plan — Bank of America's private jet interior layout
Exterior & cabin layout · Gulfstream G280

The aircraft

Type
Gulfstream G280
Tail
N228BA
Max alt
13,925 ft
Max speed
378 kt

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