Elon Musk returns to Austin the night robotaxi launch is set

Elon Musk flew from Reynolds Ranch Airport in California to Austin–Bergstrom International Airport on June 10, a 43-minute hop aboard Gulfstream G550 N272BG. The aircraft landed just before 1 a.m. local time, capping a multi-city day that included stops in the San Francisco Bay Area and New Jersey.

The late-night return arrives the same week Tesla’s unsupervised robotaxi service is tentatively set to begin public rides in Austin on June 22, as Musk himself announced on X on June 10 [cnbc.com](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/10/elon-musk-says-tesla-robotaxi-rides-in-austin-will-tentatively-begin-june-22.html). The company recently expanded its driverless zone across the entire Austin metro area, though tracking data cited by EVXL puts the active fleet at roughly 20 vehicles [evxl.co](https://evxl.co/2026/06/03/tesla-austin-robotaxi-metro-fleet-shrinks/). Musk has said the first unsupervised trip from the Tesla factory to a customer’s home is planned for June 28 — his birthday, and the tail number on his primary Gulfstream.

The flight is typical of Musk’s operational pattern. The workhorse G550 logged several legs earlier in the week spanning the East Coast, California, and Texas. With a fleet of five Gulfstreams, Musk keeps aircraft positioned across multiple coasts to maintain coverage across Tesla, SpaceX, xAI, and X obligations, as noted by private jet analysts [privatejetinsider.com](https://privatejetinsider.com/elon-musk-private-jet-fleet-billionaire-air-force/). For now, the destination is home, and the calendar is full.