§Yesterday in numbers
The number that stops the eye is 1,286.6 — tonnes of carbon dioxide from yesterday's 158 tracked private flights. That comes from 161,936 miles flown over 337.9 hours in the air. The top mover was Starbucks, whose three flights consumed 12 hours 37 minutes and produced 57.0 tonnes of CO₂, the largest individual total among tracked owners. The day's busiest destination was Teterboro Airport in New Jersey, which drew ten arrivals — a familiar gravitational pull for the New York-area business and entertainment elite.
§The day's biggest flight
The longest single flight of the day belonged to Starbucks, whose Gulfstream G650ER (N19HS) flew 9 hours 45 minutes from Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport to Hong Kong International Airport — a 5,066-mile trans-Pacific crossing that few corporate jets attempt without a fuel stop. The aircraft, associated with founder and former CEO Howard Schultz via its 'HS' tail and Schultz's known G650ER use, touched down in Hong Kong just after local midnight. Starbucks has been expanding its Asia-Pacific supply-chain operations; the direct flight suggests executives were in no mood for layovers. Anchorage is a common fuel-and-customs stop for Pacific crossings, and the 9-hour 45-minute leg puts the aircraft in range for a morning of meetings in Hong Kong.
§Who else moved
Johnson & Johnson's Bombardier Global 6000 (N400J) completed a 9-hour 36-minute hop from Ciampino–G. B. Pastine International Airport in Rome to Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport — a 5,174-mile transatlantic that landed mid-afternoon Eastern time. The flight from Rome, where the company maintains a research hub, points to a busy autumn of board meetings and regulatory reviews. James Dolan's Gulfstream G650ER (N5465M) flew from Paris-Le Bourget International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport, a 7-hour 51-minute crossing that landed just after midnight local time. Dolan, whose family controls Madison Square Garden and the New York Knicks, has been shuttling between European media negotiations and stateside sports commitments this month; yesterday's leg closed the loop.
§The desk's eye on today
Goldman Sachs's Gulfstream G650ER (N650WS) flew from Teterboro to Berlin Brandenburg Airport yesterday, a 6-hour 45-minute leg that landed mid-morning local time. With the bank's investor day scheduled for this week in Frankfurt, the aircraft is likely to reposition to Frankfurt Airport later today. Teterboro, meanwhile, has been quiet this morning, but the airport's recent celebrity log shows regular visits from figures like Elon Musk, Steve Tisch, and Kim Kardashian. Watch for a late-afternoon rush as the UN General Assembly's high-level week winds down and delegates depart for the weekend.
§On the wire
Shaquille O'Neal's Bombardier Global 6000 (N3250N) remains on the ground in Prague after yesterday's 7-hour 25-minute flight from Plattsburgh. The aircraft is likely to reposition to a Western European hub — possibly London Luton or Paris-Le Bourget — before a weekend of NBA analyst bookings. The desk expects another set of movements before sundown.