Elon Musk's Gulfstream G450 N450GG flies from Temple to Austin in 15 minutes

Elon Musk's Gulfstream G450, tail number N450GG, flew from Draughon Miller Central Texas Regional Airport in Temple to Austin Bergstrom International Airport on Tuesday, October 20, 2026. The aircraft departed Temple at 18:48 UTC and landed in Austin at 19:03 UTC, spending 15 minutes in the air. The great-circle distance between the two airports is 59 nautical miles, or 68 miles.

The flight covered 59 nm at an average ground speed of 232 knots, reaching a top ground speed of 351 knots and a highest altitude of 9,750 feet. The aircraft burned an estimated 96 US gallons of fuel, producing about 926 kilograms of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 2,292 miles. The Gulfstream G450 is a large cabin jet with a range of 4,350 nm, a top speed of Mach 0.88, a ceiling of 45,000 feet, and seating for up to 16 passengers.

This was the fifth landing by one of Elon Musk's aircraft at Austin in the tracked window from October 5 to October 20, 2026. The last landing at Austin was earlier on October 20, 2026, by the Gulfstream G650ER N628TS. Elon Musk's home base is Austin Bergstrom International Airport, and his usual destinations include Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport, Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport, and Los Angeles International Airport. In the 30 days before this flight, his fleet of five Gulfstreams visited 23 airports in 4 countries and flew about 55,074 nm.

The Gulfstream G450 is an evolution of the GIV with aerodynamic improvements. It burns an estimated 380 US gallons of fuel per hour. The departure airport in Temple has a longest runway of 7,000 feet at an elevation of 682 feet. Austin Bergstrom's longest runway is 12,250 feet at 542 feet.

The Gulfstream G450 is one of five Gulfstreams registered through Falcon Landing LLC, and the fleet also includes a Gulfstream G650ER, a Gulfstream G800, and two Gulfstream G550s. The aircraft had been on the ground at Temple for about four days before this flight, following a previous tracked landing on October 16, 2026.

The brief flight from Temple to Austin is consistent with a return to the owner's home base after a period of activity. Temple is about 60 miles north of Austin, and the short hop used only 1 percent of the G450's range. No public events or meetings tied to Elon Musk or his companies were reported near Temple or Austin on the day of this flight.

In the 30-day window, the owner's aircraft made four landings at Austin and four at Temple. The longest leg by any of the five Gulfstreams in that period was a 4,716 nm flight from Luton, Luton to Los Angeles on October 16, 2026, by the Gulfstream G550 N272BG.

This flight adds to a busy month for Musk's aircraft, which logged 40 flights and 121.5 hours in the air in the 30 days prior. The most common destination for his fleet in that window was Los Angeles International Airport with eight landings.