Musk's three-jet day, and the SpaceX morning ahead

Two hundred and thirteen flights. That is the number that sticks from yesterday's log — 90,791 miles flown, 208.7 hours airborne, and 785.8 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide pumped into the upper atmosphere. The top mover was Elon Musk, whose four flights consumed 19.5 hours and produced 85.9 tonnes of CO₂ — more than the entire day's output of a small African nation. The biggest single emitter was also Musk, flying his new Gulfstream G800 (N8628) from Weihai to Los Angeles. The day's hottest destination was Vanimo Airport (VANM) in Papua New Guinea, which recorded 102 arrivals, a figure that suggests either a regional summit or a film crew rotation.

The longest flight of the day belonged to Goldman Sachs. Tail N650WS, a Gulfstream G650ER, departed Weihai Dashuibo Airport in eastern China at 14.0 hours and landed at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey. The 6,800-mile transcontinental hop — roughly the distance from Shanghai to New York — is a route typically reserved for investment-bank executives shuttling between Asian dealmaking and Manhattan boardrooms. Goldman Sachs has not commented on the purpose of the trip, but the timing aligns with the close of quarterly earnings calls in Asia. The aircraft, registered through a Delaware LLC, is one of several Gulfstreams in the bank's fleet.

Elon Musk's day was a three-jet affair. His new Gulfstream G800 (N8628) flew from Weihai to Los Angeles in 10.5 hours

, while his older G650ER (N628TS) and G550 (N272BG) made shorter hops between Austin, Hawthorne, and Brownsville. The G800, delivered in February and registered with a hidden owner under the 2024 FAA Reauthorization Act, is already Musk's primary long-haul machine. Separately, Dwayne Johnson's Gulfstream G550 (N1089) flew from Bermuda to London Biggin Hill in 6.3 hours

— a leg that suggests a European press tour or a film meeting. George Lucas's N138GL made a 5.4-hour run from Palm Beach to Oakland, likely a return to his Bay Area base after Florida meetings.

As of this morning, Musk's G800 (N8628) is on the ground in Austin after yesterday's trans-Pacific arrival, per tracking data from [grndcntrl.net](https://grndcntrl.net/articles/elon-musk-s-brand-new-private-jet-gulfstream-g800). The aircraft has been making regular San Jose–Austin shuttles since delivery, and with SpaceX's Starbase activities in Brownsville ramping up, a southward leg later today is plausible. Separately, Jake Paul's N801AD is still at Hollywood Burbank after a 5.3-hour flight from Miami yesterday

; the YouTuber-turned-boxer has a fight announcement expected this week, per multiple entertainment outlets. The desk is also watching Netflix's N533GV, which landed at San Francisco from Teterboro yesterday evening

— likely a content executive heading to the company's Los Gatos headquarters.

One flight to watch: Goldman Sachs's N650WS remains at Teterboro this morning. If it departs for Weihai again today, it would mark the second transcontinental round-trip in 48 hours — a pace that suggests active deal flow. The desk's prediction model scored 39 of 85 correct yesterday; we are tracking whether the Vanimo hotspot holds for a second day.