Exxon Mobil's Gulfstream G650ER N100A lands in Barcelona from Houston in 8 hours 16 minutes

Exxon Mobil's Gulfstream G650ER, tail number N100A, landed at Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport in Spain on Saturday, November 14, 2026, at 22:59 UTC. The aircraft departed George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston at 14:43 UTC the same day. The flight took 8 hours and 16 minutes.

The aircraft used 61 percent of its range on this leg. Its top ground speed reached 635 knots. The departure runway at George Bush Intercontinental Airport is 12,001 feet long at an elevation of 97 feet. The arrival runway at Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport is 11,000 feet long at an elevation of 12 feet. The distance from Houston to Barcelona is 4,549 nautical miles.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 4,552 nautical miles, or 5,238 miles. The aircraft averaged a ground speed of 550 knots and reached a highest altitude of 45,025 feet. Based on our estimates, the flight burned about 3,887 US gallons of fuel and produced about 37,342 kilograms of CO2, or 37.3 metric tons. The Gulfstream G650ER is an ultra-long-range jet with a range of 7,500 nautical miles, a top speed of Mach 0.925, and a ceiling of 51,000 feet. It typically seats 12 passengers and can seat up to 19.

In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft made nine flights totaling 41.9 hours in the air. Those flights produced an estimated 189,205 kilograms of CO2. The aircraft burned an estimated 470 US gallons of fuel per hour. Before this trip, the aircraft had been on the ground for about 33 hours after its previous tracked landing at Houston on November 13.

This was the fourth tracked landing at Barcelona in the 39-flight window from July 31 to November 13, 2026. The previous landing at Barcelona was on November 12, two days before this flight. Houston is the home base for Exxon Mobil's sole corporate jet. The aircraft's usual destinations include London Heathrow, King Abdulaziz Air Base in Dhahran, King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Washington Dulles, Chicago O'Hare, and San Francisco International. In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft visited eight airports in four countries and flew about 19,320 nautical miles. The longest leg in that period was Houston to Madrid on October 23, covering 4,342 nautical miles.

Exxon Mobil Corporation is the largest publicly traded oil and gas company, led by CEO Darren Woods and headquartered in Spring, Texas. The company operates an unusually small flight department for its scale, with N100A as its only corporate jet. No news reports were found tying Exxon Mobil to a specific event in Barcelona on the date of this landing.

The most common destinations in that window were Houston with 19 landings, Barcelona with three landings, and Stonewall with two landings. Recent flights by the same owner include a November 13 leg from Raleigh/Durham to Houston, a November 12 leg from Algiers to Barcelona, and a November 11 leg from Luanda to Houston.

This flight ended a trip that began with a Houston-to-Raleigh/Durham leg on November 13, followed by a Barcelona-to-Raleigh/Durham leg on November 12 and an Algiers-to-Barcelona leg on November 12. The aircraft's movements show a return to Barcelona after a series of flights in the United States and Africa.