Elon Musk's Gulfstream G650ER N628TS lands at Moffett Field after 277 nm flight from Los Angeles

Elon Musk's Gulfstream G650ER, tail N628TS, flew from Los Angeles International Airport to Moffett Federal Airfield in Mountain View, California, on Wednesday, October 28, 2026. The aircraft departed at 14:52 UTC and landed at 15:38 UTC, spending 46 minutes in the air. The great-circle distance between the two airports is 277 nautical miles, or about 319 miles.

The flight averaged a ground speed of 365 knots and reached a top speed of 496 knots at a maximum altitude of 32,000 feet. The aircraft burned an estimated 357 US gallons of fuel, producing about 3.4 metric tons of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 8,484 miles. The Gulfstream G650ER is an ultra long range business jet with a range of 7,500 nautical miles, a ceiling of 51,000 feet, and seating for typically 12 passengers. The flight used only 4 percent of the aircraft's range.

The Gulfstream G650ER has a top speed of Mach 0.925, or 516 knots. It burns an estimated 470 US gallons of fuel per hour. The departure airport, Los Angeles International, has a longest runway of 12,894 feet at an elevation of 125 feet. The arrival field, Moffett Federal Airfield, has a longest runway of 9,197 feet at an elevation of 32 feet. The distance from the home base at Austin Bergstrom International Airport to Mountain View is 1,287 nautical miles.

This was the third landing at Mountain View in the tracking window from October 10 to October 28, 2026, for all of Elon Musk's aircraft. The previous landing at Mountain View was on October 14 by the Gulfstream G550 N272BG. Austin is the home base on file for Elon Musk, and his usual destinations include Los Angeles, San Jose, Brownsville, West Palm Beach, Washington Dulles, and Lubbock. In the 30-day window, the owner's five Gulfstreams made 39 flights, with the most common destination being Los Angeles with eight landings. The aircraft had been on the ground at Los Angeles for about four days before this flight.

The last one was on October 14 by the Gulfstream G550 N272BG. The most common destinations for all of the owner's aircraft in that window were Los Angeles with eight landings, Austin with seven, and Harlingen with four. The longest leg flown by any of the owner's aircraft in that period was from Luton to Los Angeles on October 16, covering 4,716 nautical miles, also by N272BG.

A web search found no specific public appearance or court date tied to Elon Musk at Mountain View on this date.

The aircraft's previous landing was at Austin on October 24, a 2-hour 32-minute flight covering 1,072 nautical miles. In the 30-day tracking window, the owner's aircraft visited 24 airports in 3 countries and flew about 43,390 nautical miles. This flight ended at a field that has seen two previous visits from Musk's aircraft in the tracking window.