Elon Musk's Gulfstream G550 N272BG lands in New Iberia after 55-minute flight from Matamoros

Elon Musk's Gulfstream G550, tail N272BG, flew from General Servando Canales International Airport in Matamoros, Mexico, to Acadiana Regional Airport in New Iberia, Louisiana, on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. The aircraft departed at 12:48 UTC and landed at 13:43 UTC, spending 55 minutes in the air.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 391 nautical miles, or about 450 miles. The flight averaged a ground speed of 427 knots and reached a top speed of 549 knots at a maximum altitude of 33,025 feet. The aircraft burned an estimated 376 US gallons of fuel, producing about 3.6 metric tons of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 8,942 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 only 6 percent of the aircraft's range.

The Gulfstream G550 is a GV-SP type, with over 617 in operation worldwide. The aircraft's top speed is Mach 0.885, or 488 knots. The estimated fuel burn is 410 US gallons per hour. The departure airport, General Servando Canales International Airport, has a longest runway of 7,546 feet at an elevation of 25 feet. The arrival airport, Acadiana Regional Airport, has a longest runway of 8,002 feet at an elevation of 24 feet.

This was the first landing at New Iberia in the tracking window from October 22 to November 2, 2026, for all of Elon Musk's aircraft. The home base on file for Elon Musk is Austin Bergstrom International Airport, about 300 nautical miles from New Iberia. His usual destinations include Brownsville, San Jose, Los Angeles, West Palm Beach, Washington Dulles, and Lubbock. In the 30-day window before this flight, the owner's five Gulfstreams made 34 flights, with the most common destination being Los Angeles with seven landings. The aircraft had been on the ground for about 13 hours before this flight, following a previous tracked landing on November 2.

On November 2, the owner's Gulfstream G800 flew from Austin to Mesa, a 737-nautical-mile flight lasting two hours. The same day, the G650ER flew from Los Angeles to Austin, covering 953 nautical miles in one hour and 44 minutes.

Sources with knowledge of the deal said an announcement could come within two weeks, and the state was working to streamline permitting for SpaceX. The report did not confirm any connection between this specific flight and the spaceport deal.

The aircraft's arrival follows a pattern of shuttling between the Gulf Coast, Texas, and the West Coast. On October 31, the same aircraft flew from Perryville to Los Angeles, a leg of 1,410 nautical miles that was the longest in the 30-day window. In that window, the owner's aircraft visited 19 airports in 2 countries and flew about 22,131 nautical miles.