1336 tonnes of CO₂ in 24 hours: Kraft’s three-jet day, and what’s next from Ramstein

The number that stops the eye is 1336.2 — tonnes of carbon dioxide from yesterday’s 179 tracked private flights. That comes from 150,805 miles flown over 344.9 hours in the air. The top mover was Robert Kraft, whose three flights consumed 16.5 hours and produced 126.8 tonnes of CO₂, the largest individual total among tracked owners. His Boeing 767‑300ER (N225NE) made the longest leg, from Baltimore to Ramstein Air Base in Germany, a 7‑hour 22‑minute crossing that landed yesterday morning. The day’s busiest destination was Teterboro Airport in New Jersey, which drew seven arrivals — a familiar gravitational pull for the New York‑area business and entertainment elite.

The longest single flight of the day belonged to Chubb, the insurance giant, whose Gulfstream G650ER (N846CB) flew 12.6 hours from Gimpo International Airport in Seoul to LaGuardia Airport in New York. That is a trans‑Pacific crossing that few corporate jets attempt without a fuel stop, yet the aircraft touched down in Queens just after midnight local time. Chubb has been expanding its Asia‑Pacific underwriting presence; the direct flight suggests executives were in no mood for layovers. LaGuardia is a rare landing spot for a heavy Gulfstream — most operators prefer Teterboro — but the airport has been handling more business traffic since its recent terminal upgrades.

Elon Musk’s Gulfstream G650ER (N272BG) flew from London Luton to Los Angeles International, a 10.5‑hour transatlantic that landed mid‑afternoon Pacific time. Musk has been shuttling between Tesla’s Berlin factory and SpaceX’s Hawthorne headquarters this month; yesterday’s leg closed the loop.

Shaquille O’Neal’s Bombardier Global 6000 (N626JJ) completed a 9.8‑hour hop from Olbia Costa Smeralda in Sardinia to Hartsfield‑Jackson Atlanta — a return from the Mediterranean that points to a busy autumn of NBA analyst bookings and endorsement appearances. Olbia is a playground for the super‑rich in summer; by mid‑October the airport’s private‑jet traffic thins out, but O’Neal’s flight was one of the day’s longer leisure‑style movements.

Robert Kraft’s Boeing 767‑300ER (N225NE) landed at Ramstein Air Base yesterday morning and, as of this writing, remains on the ground in Germany, according to the live tracker [celebplanes.com/celebrity/robert-kraft](https://www.celebplanes.com/celebrity/robert-kraft). With the Patriots playing in London this weekend — a game against the Jaguars on Sunday — it is a reasonable guess that Kraft’s aircraft will reposition to London Stansted or Heathrow later today. Teterboro, meanwhile, has been quiet this morning, but the airport’s recent celebrity log shows regular visits from figures like Marc Anthony, Elon Musk, and Steve Tisch [celebplanes.com/airport/kteb](https://www.celebplanes.com/airport/kteb). Watch for a late‑afternoon rush as the UN General Assembly’s high‑level week winds down.

The UAE Presidential Flight made two trips yesterday — from King Abdulaziz Naval Base to Abu Dhabi, then from Abu Dhabi to a small airstrip at Ouezzane in Morocco. That second leg, a 7.6‑hour hop in a Boeing 787 (A6‑PFC), suggests diplomatic movement ahead of today’s scheduled talks on regional security. The aircraft is back in Abu Dhabi as of early this morning. Expect another set of movements before sundown.