Elon Musk's Gulfstream G800 N8628 lands in Austin from Mesa in 1 hour 50 minutes

Elon Musk's Gulfstream G800, tail N8628, flew from Mesa Gateway Airport in Arizona to Austin Bergstrom International Airport on Wednesday, November 11, 2026. The aircraft departed at 02:53 UTC and landed at 04:43 UTC, spending 1 hour and 50 minutes in the air.

The Gulfstream G800 is the world's longest-range business jet, certified in April 2025. It has a top speed of Mach 0.935, or 516 knots. The aircraft burns an estimated 480 US gallons of fuel per hour. Mesa Gateway Airport's longest runway is 10,401 feet, with an elevation of 1,382 feet. Austin Bergstrom International Airport's longest runway is 12,250 feet, with an elevation of 542 feet.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 745 nautical miles, or about 857 miles. The aircraft averaged a ground speed of 407 knots and reached a top speed of 566 knots at a maximum altitude of 41,025 feet. The flight burned an estimated 879 US gallons of fuel, producing about 8.4 metric tons of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 20,890 miles. The Gulfstream G800 is an ultra-long-range business jet with a range of 8,200 nautical miles, a ceiling of 51,000 feet, and seating for up to 19 passengers. The flight used 9 percent of the aircraft's range.

This was the seventh landing at Austin in the tracking window from October 29 to November 11, 2026, for all of Elon Musk's aircraft. The previous landing at Austin was on November 7 by the Gulfstream G650ER N628TS, which arrived from Van Nuys. Austin is the home base on file for Elon Musk, and his usual destinations include Brownsville, San Jose, Los Angeles, West Palm Beach, Washington Dulles, and Lubbock. In the 30-day window, the owner's five Gulfstreams made 37 flights, with the most common destination being Los Angeles with 10 landings. Another tracked aircraft, a Gulfstream IV SP belonging to Alex Rodriguez, landed at Austin about 4 hours earlier.

In the days before this flight, other aircraft from the same owner made several trips. On November 6, the Gulfstream G650ER N628TS flew from San Jose to Van Nuys, a 49-minute flight covering 257 nautical miles. The same day, the Gulfstream G550 N272BG flew from San Francisco to Los Angeles in 55 minutes, covering 297 nautical miles, and then returned from Los Angeles to San Francisco in 53 minutes, covering 287 nautical miles. On November 5, the Gulfstream G450 N450GG flew from Austin to Temple, a 27-minute flight of 58 nautical miles.

The aircraft's arrival at Austin follows a pattern of shuttling between the Bay Area, Starbase, and other destinations. According to a recent article in the Austin American-Statesman, San Jose has become a recurring destination for Musk's aircraft, hosting X's engineering and operations hub.

This flight ended at the owner's home base after a brief trip to Mesa. The aircraft had flown from Mesa to Mesa earlier on November 11, a 2-hour 7-minute flight. In the 30-day tracking window, the longest leg by any of Musk's aircraft was a 1,410 nautical mile flight from Perryville to Los Angeles on October 31, flown by the Gulfstream G550 N272BG.