Gulfstream V N889KH flies from Columbus to Bowling Green in 50 minutes

Dr. Charles Huang's Gulfstream V, tail number N889KH, flew from John Glenn Columbus International Airport in Ohio to Bowling Green Warren County Regional Airport in Kentucky on Friday, October 23, 2026. The flight departed at 18:50 UTC and landed at 19:40 UTC, spending 50 minutes in the air. The great-circle distance between the two airports is 246 nautical miles, or 283 miles.

The aircraft covered that distance at an average ground speed of 295 knots, reaching a top speed of 456 knots and a highest altitude of 24,000 feet. The flight burned an estimated 351 US gallons of fuel, producing about 3,369 kilograms of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 8,339 miles. N889KH is a 1998 Gulfstream V, the original ultra-long-range Gulfstream, with a range of 6,675 nautical miles, a top speed of Mach 0.885, a ceiling of 51,000 feet, and seating for up to 16 passengers.

The departure airport, John Glenn Columbus International, has a longest runway of 10,114 feet at an elevation of 815 feet. The arrival airport, Bowling Green Warren County Regional, has a longest runway of 6,501 feet at an elevation of 547 feet. The distance from the aircraft's home base at Van Nuys Airport to Bowling Green is 1,567 nautical miles.

In the 30 days before this flight, N889KH visited 21 airports in 5 countries and flew about 22,887 nautical miles. The longest leg in that period was from Boston to Van Nuys on September 25, covering 2,261 nautical miles. Over those 30 days, the aircraft made 28 flights, spent 64.3 hours in the air, and produced an estimated 259,276 kilograms of CO2. This was the first tracked landing at Bowling Green in the window of 39 flights between September 16 and October 23, 2026. The aircraft is based at Van Nuys Airport in California, and its most common destinations in that window were Teterboro, Nashville, and Van Nuys.

Dr. Charles Huang is a Chinese-American investor and philanthropist based in Pasadena, California. He founded Pasaca Capital Inc., a private-equity firm, and Innova Medical Group, which became a major distributor of COVID-19 tests. Through the Charles Huang Foundation, he has donated millions to universities and hospitals in the United States, United Kingdom, and China. No public events or meetings tied to Dr. Charles Huang were found near Bowling Green on this date.

Before this flight, the aircraft had been on the ground for about 17 hours after its previous tracked landing at Columbus. Recent flights by the same owner included a trip from Lexington to Columbus on October 23, and from Teterboro to Columbus on October 22.

The flight used just 4 percent of the aircraft's range, a short hop for a jet built to cross oceans. N889KH remains at Bowling Green as of its last tracked position.