Bill Gates's Gulfstream G650ER N887GV flies a 7-nautical-mile circuit over Santiago

Bill Gates's Gulfstream G650ER, tail N887GV, flew from Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport in Santiago, Chile, to the same airport on Tuesday, November 10, 2026. The aircraft departed at 10:45 UTC and landed at 19:50 UTC, spending 9 hours and 5 minutes in the air. The great-circle distance was 7 nautical miles, or 8 miles.

The flight covered 7 nautical miles at an average ground speed of 1 knot, with a top ground speed of 454 knots and a highest altitude of 22,325 feet. Our estimate puts fuel burned at about 4,270 US gallons, producing about 41,023 kilograms of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 101,541 miles. The Gulfstream G650ER is an ultra-long-range jet with a range of 7,500 nautical miles and a ceiling of 51,000 feet. It typically seats 12 passengers and can carry up to 19.

This was the third landing at Santiago in the 30-day window for all of Bill Gates's tracked aircraft; the last one was on November 8, 2026, about 35 hours before this flight. The home base on file is King County International Airport, also known as Boeing Field, in Seattle. Usual destinations include Palm Springs, West Palm Beach, Las Vegas, and Bozeman. In the days before this trip, N887GV flew from Santiago to Santiago on November 8, covering 2 nautical miles in 10 hours and 44 minutes, and from Santiago to Santiago on November 4, covering 21 nautical miles in 5 hours and 52 minutes.

Bill Gates is a Microsoft co-founder, philanthropist, and investor with a net worth estimated at $104 to $107 billion. He focuses on global health, development, and climate philanthropy through the Gates Foundation, Gates Ventures, and Breakthrough Energy. A web search did not turn up a public event tied to Bill Gates or his organizations near Santiago on this date.

The departure and arrival field at Santiago has a longest runway of 12,303 feet at an elevation of 1,555 feet. The aircraft's home base, King County International Airport in Seattle, is 5,593 nautical miles from Santiago.

The aircraft, N887GV, is a Gulfstream G650ER with serial number MSN 6357 and hex code AC3880. It is owned by MENTE LLC. The registration changed to N887GV, giving it a new Mode S hex derived by the FAA from the new N-number.

In the 30-day window ending November 8, 2026, all of Bill Gates's tracked aircraft made 36 flights. The most common destination was Mountain View, with five landings, followed by Seattle with four. The longest leg in that period was from Epping, Essex to San Jose on October 24, covering 4,659 nautical miles. That flight was also made by N887GV.

Before this Santiago flight, N887GV flew from Palm Springs to Santiago on November 2, covering 3,512 nautical miles in 6 hours and 59 minutes. On October 30, it flew from Mountain View to Palm Springs, then from Seattle to Mountain View. The aircraft's top speed is Mach 0.925, or 516 knots. Estimated fuel burn is 470 US gallons per hour.