Dr. Charles Huang's Gulfstream V N889KH flies 8 nm from Opa Locka to Miami International

Dr. Charles Huang's Gulfstream V, tail number N889KH, flew from Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport to Miami International Airport on Monday, October 26, 2026. The flight departed at 14:02 UTC and landed at 14:13 UTC, spending just 12 minutes in the air. The great-circle distance between the two airports is 8 nautical miles, or 10 miles.

The aircraft covered that distance at an average ground speed of 43 knots, reaching a top speed of 293 knots and a highest altitude of 3,000 feet. The flight burned an estimated 81 US gallons of fuel, producing about 778 kilograms of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 1,925 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.

In the 30 days before this flight, N889KH visited 23 airports in 5 countries and flew about 20,190 nautical miles. The longest leg in that period was from New York to Van Nuys on September 29, covering 2,143 nautical miles. Over those 30 days, the aircraft made 29 flights, spent 57.0 hours in the air, and produced an estimated 229,912 kilograms of CO2. This was the first tracked landing at Miami in the window of 39 flights between September 19 and October 25, 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. Before this flight, the aircraft had been on the ground for about 13 hours after its previous tracked landing at Miami.

The day before the short hop, N889KH flew from Nashville to Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport, covering 703 nautical miles in 1 hour 40 minutes. That flight arrived at Opa Locka, which has a longest runway of 8,002 feet and sits at an elevation of 8 feet. Miami International Airport, the destination of the 12-minute leg, has a longest runway of 13,016 feet and an elevation of 8 feet. The distance from the aircraft's home base at Van Nuys Airport to Miami International is 2,037 nautical miles.

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 Miami on this date.

The aircraft is managed by Pegasus Elite Aviation, which markets it for charter, so some flights may carry paying passengers rather than the owner. This was the shortest leg tracked for N889KH in the recent window of flights.

In the days before the Miami flights, the aircraft made several short hops in the Midwest and East Coast. On October 22, it flew from Teterboro to Columbus, Ohio, covering 419 nautical miles in 1 hour 15 minutes. Later that day and the next, it moved between Columbus, Lexington, Kentucky, and Bowling Green, Kentucky, with legs ranging from 31 to 50 minutes. On October 25, it flew from Bowling Green to Nashville in 14 minutes, covering 58 nautical miles, before the longer leg to Miami.