Elon Musk's Gulfstream G550 N272BG lands at Los Angeles after 1,410 nm flight from Perryville

Elon Musk's Gulfstream G550, tail N272BG, flew from Perryville Regional Airport in Missouri to Los Angeles International Airport on Saturday, October 31, 2026. The aircraft departed at 16:37 UTC and landed at 20:10 UTC, spending 3 hours 33 minutes in the air. The great-circle distance between the two airports is 1,410 nautical miles, or about 1,623 miles.

The flight averaged a ground speed of 397 knots and reached a top speed of 473 knots at a maximum altitude of 47,050 feet. The aircraft burned an estimated 1,455 US gallons of fuel, producing about 14.0 metric tons of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 34,606 miles. The Gulfstream G550 is an ultra long range business jet with a range of 6,750 nautical miles, a ceiling of 51,000 feet, and seating for up to 19 passengers. The flight used 21 percent of the aircraft's range.

This was the seventh landing at Los Angeles in the tracking window from October 17 to October 31, 2026, for all of Elon Musk's aircraft. The previous landing at Los Angeles was on October 31 by the Gulfstream G650ER N628TS, which arrived from San Jose. Los Angeles is one of the usual destinations on file for Elon Musk, and his home base is Austin Bergstrom International Airport. In the 30-day window, the owner's five Gulfstreams made 34 flights, with the most common destination being Austin with seven landings. Another tracked aircraft, a Bombardier Global 7500 belonging to Stan Kroenke, landed at Los Angeles about 18 hours earlier.

The owner's fleet includes five Gulfstreams through Falcon Landing LLC. The primary aircraft is N628TS, a Gulfstream G650ER with a tail number that nods to Elon Musk's June 28 birthday. Another Gulfstream G550, N502SX, is also on file. The newest jet is a Gulfstream G800 delivered in February 2025, which carries his birthday in the tail.

The arrival at Los Angeles follows a pattern of shuttling between the Bay Area, Austin, and Southern California. In the 30-day tracking window, the owner's aircraft visited 20 airports in 3 countries and flew about 24,798 nautical miles.

The aircraft's previous tracked landing was at Perryville on October 19, about 12 days before this flight. The Gulfstream G550 is a GV-SP type with over 617 in operation worldwide. Its top speed is Mach 0.885, or 488 knots. The estimated fuel burn is 410 US gallons per hour.

In the 30-day tracking window, the longest leg flown by any of the owner's aircraft was 3,493 nautical miles from Luton to Fargo on October 17, 2026, aboard the Gulfstream G650ER N628TS. The distance from the home base at Austin Bergstrom International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport is 1,077 nautical miles.

The departure airport in Perryville has a longest runway of 6,483 feet at an elevation of 372 feet. The arrival airport in Los Angeles has a longest runway of 12,894 feet at an elevation of 125 feet. This flight ended at a frequent destination for the owner's fleet.