Diane von Furstenberg's Gulfstream G550 N393VF lands at Van Nuys after short hop from Los Angeles

Diane von Furstenberg's Gulfstream G550, tail number N393VF, flew from Los Angeles International Airport to Van Nuys Airport on Monday, November 9, 2026. The aircraft departed KLAX at 03:24 UTC and landed at KVNY at 03:51 UTC. The flight took 27 minutes.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 17 nautical miles, or 19 miles. The aircraft reached a top ground speed of 278 knots and a highest altitude of 4,950 feet. Our estimate shows the flight burned about 182 US gallons of fuel and produced about 1,752 kilograms of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 4,336 miles. The Gulfstream G550 is an ultra long range jet with a range of 6,750 nautical miles, a ceiling of 51,000 feet, and seating for up to 19 passengers.

This was the second landing at Van Nuys in the tracked window. The previous one was on November 5, four days earlier. The home base on file is Teterboro Airport in New Jersey. In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft visited six airports in two countries and flew about 4,597 nautical miles. Other tracked aircraft that landed at Van Nuys in the 24 hours before this landing included Lady Gaga's Gulfstream V, Dr. Phil's Gulfstream IV SP, Steve Tisch's Gulfstream G500, and an MGM Resorts Embraer Legacy 500.

Diane von Furstenberg is a Belgian-born fashion designer who started her label in 1972 and made the wrap dress famous two years later. Her company, DVF, is based in New York's Meatpacking District. She is married to media executive Barry Diller. The FAA lists Arrow 393 LLC as the owner of N393VF, at 872 Washington Street in New York, the address of the DVF headquarters. Van Nuys Airport is a common base for private aircraft serving the Los Angeles area, though no specific public appearance or event tied to von Furstenberg was found near the airport for this date.

The aircraft, a 2008 Gulfstream GV-SP with serial 5205, is registered as a G500 version.

The aircraft's average ground speed on this flight was 38 knots. Los Angeles International Airport has a longest runway of 12,894 feet at an elevation of 125 feet. Van Nuys Airport's longest runway is 8,001 feet at an elevation of 802 feet. The distance from the home base at Teterboro Airport to Van Nuys is 2,129 nautical miles.

In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft made five tracked flights totaling 16.4 hours in the air. Those flights produced an estimated 64,740 kilograms of CO2. The longest leg in that period was from Monterrey to Los Angeles on November 8, covering 1,182 nautical miles. The aircraft spent about one hour on the ground before this flight, following a previous tracked landing at Los Angeles on November 9.