Elon Musk shuttles from Hawthorne to Moffett Field in a familiar Gulfstream G550

Elon Musk flew from Jack Northrop Field in Hawthorne, California, to Moffett Federal Airfield in Mountain View on May 27, 2026, a 51-minute hop aboard his Gulfstream G550, tail N272BG. The aircraft, one of five Gulfstreams in Musk’s fleet operated through Falcon Landing LLC, touched down at 04:24 UTC after a short climb to 34,000 feet.

The same week, Musk’s travel pattern remains tightly clustered around his core business hubs: Hawthorne houses SpaceX headquarters, while Moffett Field sits minutes from Tesla’s engineering operations in Palo Alto and Neuralink’s Fremont offices. As noted by [celebplanes.com](https://www.celebplanes.com/celebrity/elon-musk), Musk’s jets logged 355 flights in 2024, with heavy traffic between these two California airports. This latest trip fits a familiar rhythm—routine shuttling between his companies, not a headline-grabbing event.

What is notable is the contrast with Musk’s newer Gulfstream G800, N8628, delivered in February 2025. Per [Ground Control](https://grndcntrl.net/articles/elon-musk-s-brand-new-private-jet-gulfstream-g800), that jet carries his birthday in the tail and lacks full Privacy ICAO Address protection, making it visible to public trackers. Meanwhile, the older G550 continues to serve as a workhorse for these short hops—quiet, efficient, and still very much in the air. Musk may have sold his California homes, but his jets still spend plenty of time there.