Elon Musk's Gulfstream G550 N272BG lands in San Jose from Austin in 3 hours 20 minutes

Elon Musk's Gulfstream G550, tail N272BG, flew from Austin Bergstrom International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport on Saturday, November 14, 2026. The aircraft departed at 23:55 UTC and landed at 03:15 UTC, spending 3 hours and 20 minutes in the air.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 1,296 nautical miles, or about 1,491 miles. The aircraft averaged a ground speed of 389 knots and reached a top speed of 464 knots at a maximum altitude of 45,025 feet. The flight burned an estimated 1,367 US gallons of fuel, producing about 13.1 metric tons of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 32,513 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 19 percent of the aircraft's range.

This was the sixth landing at San Jose in the tracking window from October 31 to November 14, 2026, for all of Elon Musk's aircraft. The previous landing at San Jose was on November 12 by the same Gulfstream G550 N272BG, which arrived from Los Angeles. 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 40 flights, with the most common destination being Austin with 9 landings. Another tracked aircraft, a Gulfstream G650ER belonging to Merck, landed at San Jose about 2 hours earlier.

San Jose is home to X's engineering and operations hub, as noted by the Austin American-Statesman. The aircraft's arrival at San Jose follows a pattern of shuttling between the Bay Area, Starbase, and other destinations.

This flight ended at a recurring destination for Musk's aircraft after a brief trip to Austin. The aircraft had flown from Matamoros to Austin earlier on November 14, a 48-minute flight covering 268 nautical miles.

The Gulfstream G550 is a GV-SP type, with over 617 in operation worldwide. It has a top speed of Mach 0.885, or 488 knots. The aircraft burns an estimated 410 US gallons of fuel per hour.

Austin Bergstrom International Airport has a longest runway of 12,250 feet and an elevation of 542 feet. Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport has a longest runway of 11,000 feet and an elevation of 62 feet. The distance from the home base on file to San Jose is 1,281 nautical miles.

In the 30-day window, the longest leg for all of the owner's aircraft was from Alton/St Louis to Los Angeles on November 5, 2026, covering 1,395 nautical miles. That flight was also made by the Gulfstream G550 N272BG.