Gulfstream G550 N272BG flies San Francisco to Los Angeles in 55 minutes

Elon Musk's Gulfstream G550, tail number N272BG, flew from San Francisco International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport on Friday, November 6, 2026. The aircraft departed at 20:13 UTC and landed at 21:08 UTC, spending 55 minutes in the air. This was the second leg of a short round trip for the aircraft that day, following an earlier flight from Los Angeles to San Francisco.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 297 nautical miles, or 342 miles. The aircraft averaged a ground speed of 322 knots and reached a top speed of 539 knots. Its highest altitude during the flight was 31,025 feet. Based on the aircraft's estimated fuel burn of 410 gallons per hour, the flight consumed about 378 gallons of fuel, producing an estimated 3,633 kilograms of carbon dioxide. The Gulfstream G550 is an ultra-long-range jet with a maximum range of 6,750 nautical miles, a service ceiling of 51,000 feet, and seating for up to 19 passengers.

This was the 10th landing by one of Elon Musk's aircraft at Los Angeles International Airport in the eight days between October 29 and November 6, 2026. The previous landing at Los Angeles by the same owner was on November 5, 2026, also by N272BG. Elon Musk's home base is Austin Bergstrom International Airport, and his usual destinations include Brownsville, San Jose, Los Angeles, West Palm Beach, Washington Dulles, and Lubbock. Another tracked aircraft, a Gulfstream G650ER belonging to Disney, landed at Los Angeles about six hours before this flight.

No news reports tied to Elon Musk or his organizations were found for the Los Angeles area on this date.

The aircraft's most recent tracked flight before this one ended at Van Nuys Airport on November 6, 2026, at 9:24 PM. N272BG is now on the ground at Los Angeles International Airport.

The aircraft used only 4 percent of its range on this flight. San Francisco International Airport has a longest runway of 11,870 feet at an elevation of 13 feet. Los Angeles International Airport has a longest runway of 12,894 feet at an elevation of 125 feet. The distance from the owner's home base at Austin Bergstrom International Airport to Los Angeles is 1,077 nautical miles.

In the 30 days before this flight, the owner's fleet of five Gulfstreams made 35 flights totaling 54.3 hours in the air. Those flights covered about 21,622 nautical miles and produced an estimated 226,553 kilograms of carbon dioxide. The most common destinations in that window were Los Angeles with 10 landings, San Jose with 6 landings, and Austin with 5 landings.

The longest leg in those 30 days was a 1,410 nautical mile flight from Perryville to Los Angeles on October 31, 2026, flown by the same aircraft. The aircraft was on the ground for about 4 hours before this flight. The owner's fleet includes five Gulfstreams through Falcon Landing LLC. The primary aircraft is N628TS, a G650ER. The fleet also includes N502SX, a G550, and N450GG, a G450.