Elon Musk's Gulfstream G450 N450GG lands in Austin from Manassas in 2 hours 45 minutes

Elon Musk's Gulfstream G450, tail N450GG, flew from Washington Manassas Harry P. Davis Field in Virginia to Austin Bergstrom International Airport on Thursday, November 12, 2026. The aircraft departed at 20:22 UTC and landed at 23:07 UTC, spending 2 hours and 45 minutes in the air.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 1,128 nautical miles, or about 1,298 miles. The aircraft averaged a ground speed of 409 knots and reached a top speed of 507 knots at a maximum altitude of 43,025 feet. The flight burned an estimated 1,047 US gallons of fuel, producing about 10.1 metric tons of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 24,903 miles. The Gulfstream G450 is a large business jet with a range of 4,350 nautical miles, a ceiling of 45,000 feet, and seating for up to 16 passengers. The flight used 26 percent of the aircraft's range.

This was the eighth landing at Austin in the tracking window from October 30 to November 12, 2026, for all of Elon Musk's aircraft. The previous landing at Austin was on November 12 by the Gulfstream G550 N272BG, which arrived from San Jose. 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 9 landings. Another tracked aircraft, a Gulfstream G600 belonging to Kimbal Musk, landed at Austin about 5 hours earlier.

Manassas Regional Airport's longest runway is 6,200 feet at an elevation of 192 feet. Austin Bergstrom International Airport's longest runway is 12,250 feet at an elevation of 542 feet.

Manassas is near Washington, D.C., a region Musk visits regularly for meetings with government officials and business partners. A recent article in the Austin American-Statesman noted that San Jose has become a recurring destination for Musk's aircraft, hosting X's engineering and operations hub.

In the days before this flight, other aircraft from the same owner made several trips. On November 12, the Gulfstream G450 N450GG flew from Temple to Dulles, a 2-hour 31-minute flight covering 1,083 nautical miles. The same day, the Gulfstream G550 N272BG flew from San Jose to Austin in 2 hours 52 minutes, covering 1,281 nautical miles, and earlier flew from Los Angeles to San Jose in 42 minutes, covering 269 nautical miles. On November 11, the Gulfstream G800 N8628 flew from Mesa to Austin in 1 hour 50 minutes, covering 745 nautical miles.

On November 6, the Gulfstream G650ER N628TS flew from San Jose to Van Nuys in 49 minutes, 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.

This flight ended at the owner's home base after a trip to the Washington, D.C. area. 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.