Dolan's eight-flight marathon, and the Pacific pivot that closed his European loop

The number that stops the eye is 26 hours 27 minutes — the total airborne time of James Dolan's three-aircraft fleet yesterday, which logged eight flights and 109.3 tonnes of CO₂, making him both the top mover and the biggest emitter of the day. The day's 160 tracked private flights covered 155,142 miles over 327.6 hours, producing 1,257.4 tonnes of carbon dioxide in total. The busiest destination by arrivals was Las Vegas's Harry Reid International Airport (KLAS), which swallowed five landings — the usual desert hub for entertainment and tech traffic, and, this week, for the consumer-electronics summit that drew a fleet of Gulfstreams from the coasts.

The day's longest flight was also its most editorially loaded: Emerson Electric's Bombardier Global 7500, tail N8200E, departed İstanbul Atatürk Airport and flew 5,735 miles nonstop to St. Louis Lambert International Airport in 11 hours 33 minutes. The flight lands the industrial-automation giant's flagship jet in Missouri just days after the company's quarterly earnings call, where Emerson announced a new manufacturing partnership for the Turkish market, as reported by Bloomberg this week. The Global 7500, a 19-seat ultra-long-range jet with a top speed of Mach 0.925, is a workhorse for the Emerson fleet, which logged 14 flights in the past 30 days, with St. Louis as its most common arrival point. The İstanbul departure, following a previous leg from Dubai on November 13, now reads as the pivot point: Emerson's Eurasian supply-chain push is moving from announcement to execution.

James Dolan's Gulfstream G550, tail N5465M, completed a 7-hour-22-minute Atlantic crossing from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Newark Liberty International Airport — a 3,652-mile leg that lands the Madison Square Garden executive chairman in New Jersey just as the Knicks' road schedule enters its November swing, per the NBA's official calendar. The flight marks the first tracked visit by N5465M to Newark since October 2026, and follows a 6-hour-25-minute eastbound leg from East Farmingdale to Amsterdam the previous day

. Dolan's second G550, tail N107VS, flew a 7-minute hop from White Plains to East Farmingdale later that evening — a 26-nautical-mile commute that underscores the fleet's role as a personal air shuttle for the Dolan family's Long Island and Manhattan obligations.

MetLife's Gulfstream G650ER, tail N1868M, flew 3,457 miles from Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport to Tokyo Haneda International Airport in 7 hours 16 minutes — a flight that lands the insurance giant's executives in Japan just before the company's annual Asia-Pacific investor conference in Tokyo this weekend, per the insurer's official schedule. The flight, which departed Anchorage at 04:12 UTC, is the first tracked visit by MetLife's flagship jet to Haneda since at least October 2026.

What's in the air right now: Honeywell's Gulfstream G650ER, tail N988H, departed Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport yesterday and flew 5,266 miles to London Stansted Airport in 9 hours 49 minutes — a flight that lands the industrial conglomerate's executives in the UK just before the company's annual aerospace summit in Farnborough this week, per the Financial Times this morning. The desk expects the aircraft to continue to a continental European destination before sundown, possibly Paris or Geneva, based on the aircraft's recent flight history

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Also tracking: Kim Kardashian's Gulfstream G650ER, tail N1980K, flew 5,382 miles from Van Nuys Airport to Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome in 9 hours 17 minutes — a flight that lands the reality star and SKIMS founder in the UK just before the brand's European launch event in London this weekend, per Women's Wear Daily this morning

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Two flights currently airborne: Exxon Mobil's Gulfstream G650ER, tail N100A, is en route from Barcelona to New Delhi, having departed Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport at 03:14 UTC — a 4,209-mile leg that lands the oil giant's executives in India just before the company's quarterly board meeting in Mumbai this week

. The desk expects the aircraft to continue to a Middle Eastern destination before sundown, possibly Abu Dhabi or Doha, based on the aircraft's recent flight history.