Costco Wholesale returns to Seattle after a San Diego trip as warehouse expansion plans roll out

Costco Wholesale flew from San Diego to its home base at Boeing Field on May 23, 2026, a 2-hour 28-minute hop in its Gulfstream G280, tail N82CW. The flight arrived just after midnight, capping a multi-day swing that included stops near Las Vegas and a previous day’s departure from the same San Diego airport.

The same week, Costco Wholesale disclosed warehouse expansion plans in a quarterly filing with the SEC, including a new location in Malmö, Sweden, set to open July 1, and another in Allen, Texas, scheduled for August 15, per the filing. The company reported 914 total warehouses at the end of fiscal 2025, with plans to reach 944 by fiscal 2026. The San Diego leg may have involved site visits or supplier meetings tied to the retailer’s steady U.S. and international growth.

The flight pattern shows Costco Wholesale’s fleet is a workhorse for executive travel: N82CW alone logged trips to Ottawa, Washington D.C., and the Las Vegas area in the days before this return to Seattle. For a Fortune 50 retailer with a famously flat management structure, the G280’s 10-seat cabin is a practical tool for scouting real estate and reviewing operations — not a perk, but a logistics asset.