David Geffen's Gulfstream G650 flies 20 nm from Moffett Field to San Francisco

David Geffen's Gulfstream G650, tail number N221DG, flew from Moffett Federal Airfield (KNUQ) in Mountain View to San Francisco International Airport (KSFO) on Monday, November 2, 2026. The aircraft departed at 21:33 UTC and landed at 21:55 UTC, spending 21 minutes in the air. The great-circle distance between the two airports is just 20 nautical miles, or 23 miles.

The flight covered a short hop of 20 nm at an average ground speed of 57 knots, reaching a highest altitude of 5,800 feet and a top ground speed of 244 knots. Our estimate puts fuel burned at about 162 US gallons and CO2 emissions at about 1,556 kilograms, or 1.6 metric tons, roughly equal to driving a car 3,853 miles. The Gulfstream G650 is an ultra long range jet with a range of 7,000 nm, a top speed of Mach 0.925, a ceiling of 51,000 feet, and seating for up to 19 passengers.

In the 30 days before this flight, N221DG visited three airports in one country and flew about 8,777 nm. The most common destinations in the tracked window of 22 flights since May 20, 2026, were Van Nuys (KVNY) with eight landings, Palma de Mallorca (LEPA) with three, and Lincoln (KLNK) with two. The aircraft had no earlier landings at San Francisco in that window. Its home base is Van Nuys Airport (KVNY), and usual destinations include Teterboro Airport (KTEB), Beverly Regional Airport (KBVY), Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (KASE), and London Luton Airport (EGGW).

The Gulfstream G650, which holds more than 110 speed records and was launched in 2005, departed from Moffett Federal Airfield's longest runway of 9,197 feet at an elevation of 32 feet. It landed at San Francisco International Airport on a runway measuring 11,870 feet at 13 feet elevation. The home base at Van Nuys Airport is 279 nautical miles from the arrival airport.

David Geffen co-founded DreamWorks SKG in 1994, as well as Asylum Records and Geffen Records. He is a major art collector and owns a Beverly Hills mansion estimated to be worth over $1 billion. San Francisco International Airport is a major hub for the Bay Area, but no public event or scheduled appearance tied to David Geffen was found near the arrival airport at the time of this flight.

In the 30 days before this flight, N221DG completed five flights totaling 19.6 hours in the air, with estimated CO2 emissions of about 86,506 kilograms. The longest leg in that period was a 2,130-nautical-mile trip from Teterboro to Van Nuys on October 20, 2026. The aircraft's estimated fuel burn rate is 460 US gallons per hour.

The aircraft had spent about three hours on the ground at Mountain View before this flight, following a previous tracked landing there on the same day. The flight is the shortest leg tracked for N221DG in the recent window of operations.

AIS tracking from our partner site celebyachts.com shows David Geffen's 138-meter motor yacht Rising Sun, built by Lürssen in 2004, was last seen in the Balearic Sea seven hours ago with a dark status. It is 4,401 nautical miles from San Francisco International Airport. Another vessel, the 115-meter Pelorus, built by Lürssen in 2003, was last seen in the Adriatic Sea 32 minutes ago at rest, 5,441 nautical miles from the arrival airport.