Elon Musk's Gulfstream G650ER N628TS flies from Bakersfield to Los Angeles in 26 minutes

Elon Musk's Gulfstream G650ER, tail N628TS, flew from Meadows Field in Bakersfield to Los Angeles International Airport on Thursday, October 29, 2026. The aircraft departed at 05:13 UTC and landed at 05:39 UTC, spending 26 minutes in the air. This was the eighth landing at Los Angeles in the tracking window from October 14 to October 29 for all of Elon Musk's five aircraft.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 115 nautical miles, or about 132 miles. The flight averaged a ground speed of 263 knots and reached a top speed of 395 knots at a maximum altitude of 14,975 feet. The aircraft burned an estimated 205 US gallons of fuel, producing about 2.0 metric tons of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 4,877 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 up to 19 passengers. The flight used only 2 percent of the aircraft's range.

The previous landing at Los Angeles was on October 29, 0 days before this flight, by the same aircraft. Los Angeles is the most common destination for the owner's aircraft in that window, with 7 landings, followed by Austin with 6 and Harlingen with 3. The home base on file is Austin Bergstrom International Airport, and usual destinations include Brownsville, San Jose, West Palm Beach, Washington Dulles, and Lubbock. In the 24 hours before this landing, a Canada Goose Bombardier Global 6000 and a SpaceX Boeing 737-800 also landed at Los Angeles.

Los Angeles is a frequent destination for his aircraft, with 8 landings in the 30-day window. A web search found no scheduled public appearance or company event tied to Elon Musk near Los Angeles on this date. (nola.com) reported on a separate flight by Musk's jet to Lafayette, Louisiana, on an earlier date, linked to a potential SpaceX spaceport deal.

The flight from Bakersfield followed a short trip from Mountain View to Los Angeles earlier the same day. The aircraft had spent about 1 hour on the ground in Bakersfield before departing.

The aircraft's home base on file is Austin Bergstrom International Airport, 1,077 nautical miles from Los Angeles. In the 30-day tracking window, the owner's five aircraft made 37 flights. The longest leg was a 4,716-nautical-mile flight from Luton to Los Angeles on October 16, flown by a Gulfstream G550.

Bakersfield's Meadows Field has a longest runway of 10,849 feet at an elevation of 510 feet. Los Angeles International Airport's longest runway is 12,894 feet at 125 feet elevation. The Gulfstream G650ER has a top speed of Mach 0.925, or 516 knots, and burns an estimated 470 US gallons of fuel per hour.