Elon Musk's aircraft lands in Silicon Valley as OpenAI-Cursor feud escalates

Elon Musk's Gulfstream G550, tail N272BG, was tracked departing Los Angeles International Airport at 15:05 UTC on September 2, 2026, and landing at Moffett Federal Airfield 46 minutes later. The aircraft reached a cruising altitude of 32,000 feet and a peak ground speed of 483.7 knots — a routine coastal run that, on this particular afternoon, ended at the federal airfield adjacent to NASA Ames and the heart of Silicon Valley.

If Elon Musk was aboard, the timing is notable. The same day, OpenAI announced it would cut off access to its models for Cursor, the AI coding platform acquired by SpaceX in a $60 billion all-stock deal completed this month. Per a report from CEO Times Magazine, OpenAI proposed November 12 as the termination date, citing concerns that SpaceX would not comply with its terms of service. Musk responded on X with characteristic dismissiveness: “I couldn’t care less.” The flight to Moffett — less than 15 miles from OpenAI’s San Francisco headquarters — could suggest a more active posture than that public remark implies.

The Moffett landing follows a string of recent flights by Musk's fleet that suggest concentrated activity across the South and California. On September 1, the same G550 was tracked from Moffett to Austin, and two days prior from West Palm Beach to Austin and back. The location is familiar: Moffett Field serves as a staging point for SpaceX's Bay Area operations and is also within easy reach of xAI's offices in Palo Alto. Should have been aboard, the trip would align with a week in which his legal and commercial battles with OpenAI have reached a new pitch — the day after a federal jury ruled against him in Musk v. OpenAI, finding his $150 billion lawsuit was filed too late, as reported by xix.ai.