Elon Musk's Gulfstream G650ER N628TS flies from Austin to Los Angeles in 2 hours 32 minutes

Elon Musk's Gulfstream G650ER, tail N628TS, flew from Austin Bergstrom International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport on Saturday, October 24, 2026. The aircraft departed at 19:45 UTC and landed at 22:17 UTC, spending 2 hours 32 minutes in the air. The great-circle distance between the two airports is 1,072 nautical miles, or about 1,234 miles.

The aircraft used 14 percent of its total range on this leg. Austin Bergstrom International Airport has a longest runway of 12,250 feet at an elevation of 542 feet. Los Angeles International Airport's longest runway is 12,894 feet at 125 feet elevation. The distance from the home base on file to Los Angeles is 1,077 nautical miles.

The flight averaged a ground speed of 424 knots and reached a top speed of 524 knots at a maximum altitude of 36,025 feet. The aircraft burned an estimated 1,190 US gallons of fuel, producing about 11.4 metric tons of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 28,287 miles. The Gulfstream G650ER is an ultra long range jet with a range of 7,500 nautical miles, a ceiling of 51,000 feet, and seating for up to 19 passengers.

This was the eighth landing at Los Angeles in the tracking window from October 8 to October 23, 2026, for all of Elon Musk's aircraft. The previous landing at Los Angeles was on October 21 by a Gulfstream G450, tail N450GG. Los Angeles is a frequent destination on file for Elon Musk, and the most common destination in that window with seven landings. In the 24 hours before this landing, a Gulfstream V operated by Caesars also landed at Los Angeles.

In the 30-day tracking window, the longest leg by any of the owner's aircraft was a 4,716 nautical mile flight from Luton to Los Angeles on October 16, 2026, flown by a Gulfstream G550, tail N272BG. The owner's fleet includes five Gulfstreams through Falcon Landing LLC. The new Gulfstream G800, tail N8628, was delivered in February 2025 and carries the owner's birthday in the tail.

Los Angeles is a regular stop for his fleet, which includes five Gulfstreams through Falcon Landing LLC. The aircraft's arrival follows a pattern of shuttling between Austin, the Bay Area, and Los Angeles.

The owner's usual destinations on file include Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport, Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport, President Donald J. Trump International Airport in West Palm Beach, Washington Dulles International Airport, and Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport. The owner banned the @ElonJet account from X after the 2022 acquisition. In 2024, the owner's aircraft made 355 flights totaling about 881 hours.

This flight ended a four-day layover at Austin, following a brief trip to Matamoros on October 20. The tail number N628TS is a reference to Elon Musk's June 28 birthday. In the 30-day tracking window, the owner's five Gulfstreams made 39 flights covering about 44,796 nautical miles.