Elon Musk's Gulfstream G450 N450GG lands in Temple from Matamoros in 54 minutes

Elon Musk's Gulfstream G450, tail N450GG, flew from General Servando Canales International Airport in Matamoros, Mexico to Draughon Miller Central Texas Regional Airport in Temple, Texas on Saturday, November 14, 2026. The aircraft departed at 22:27 UTC and landed at 23:21 UTC, spending 54 minutes in the air. This was the second landing at Temple in the tracking window for all of Musk's aircraft, with the previous one on November 5 by the same Gulfstream G450.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 328 nautical miles, or about 378 miles. The aircraft averaged a ground speed of 363 knots and reached a top speed of 439 knots at a maximum altitude of 30,000 feet. The flight burned an estimated 344 US gallons of fuel, producing about 3.3 metric tons of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 8,170 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 8 percent of the aircraft's range.

This was the first landing at Temple in the tracking window since November 5, 9 days before this flight. The home base on file for Elon Musk is Austin Bergstrom International Airport, about 59 nautical miles from Temple. In the 30-day window, the owner's five Gulfstreams made 39 flights, with the most common destinations being Austin and Los Angeles with 8 landings each, and San Jose with 5 landings. Before this flight, the aircraft had been on the ground for about 26 hours after landing at Brownsville on November 13.

The Gulfstream G450 is an evolution of the GIV with aerodynamic improvements. It has a top speed of Mach 0.88, or 476 knots. The aircraft burns an estimated 380 US gallons of fuel per hour. The departure airport in Matamoros has a longest runway of 7,546 feet at an elevation of 25 feet. The arrival airport in Temple has a longest runway of 7,000 feet at an elevation of 682 feet.

Temple is about 150 miles north of Brownsville, and the flight from Matamoros, just across the border from Brownsville, suggests a return to central Texas after time near the SpaceX facility. 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 hub, but no specific news tied to Temple was found.

In the 30 days before this flight, the longest leg among all of the owner's five aircraft was a Gulfstream G550 flight from Perryville to Los Angeles on October 31, covering 1,410 nautical miles. Recent flights by the same owner include a November 13 trip from Stonewall to Brownsville in the same Gulfstream G450, lasting 31 minutes over 218 nautical miles. Another Gulfstream G550 flew from Austin to Harlingen on November 13, covering 245 nautical miles in 37 minutes.

The aircraft's arrival at Temple follows a pattern of short hops between Texas airports. The flight ended at a regional airport near the owner's home base after a brief trip to Mexico.

On November 12, the Gulfstream G450 flew from Manassas to Austin in 2 hours 45 minutes over 1,128 nautical miles. Earlier that day, it flew from Temple to Dulles in 2 hours 31 minutes over 1,083 nautical miles. A Gulfstream G550 flew from San Jose to Austin in 2 hours 52 minutes over 1,281 nautical miles, and from Los Angeles to San Jose in 42 minutes over 269 nautical miles. A Gulfstream G800 flew from Mesa to Austin on November 11 in 1 hour 50 minutes over 745 nautical miles.