George Lucas's Gulfstream G700 N138GL lands at Oakland after 16-minute hop from Travis Air Force Base

George Lucas's Gulfstream G700, tail number N138GL, landed at Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport on Thursday, November 5, 2026. The aircraft departed Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield at 02:23 UTC and touched down at 02:39 UTC. The flight took 16 minutes.

The great-circle distance between Travis Air Force Base and Oakland is 32 nautical miles, or 37 miles. The aircraft flew at an average ground speed of 120 knots and reached a top speed of 295 knots. Its highest altitude was 6,875 feet. The flight burned about 130 gallons of fuel and produced an estimated 1,249 kilograms of CO2, about the same as driving a car 3,091 miles. The Gulfstream G700 is an ultra long range jet with a range of 7,750 nautical miles, a top speed of Mach 0.935, and a ceiling of 51,000 feet. It can seat up to 19 passengers.

This was the 16th tracked landing at Oakland in the window from August 28 to November 4, 2026. The previous Oakland landing was on November 4, one day before this flight. The aircraft's home base is San Francisco International Airport, 9 nautical miles from Oakland. Usual destinations on file include Miami-Opa Locka, Chino, Carlsbad, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Aspen. In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft visited eight airports and flew about 16,276 nautical miles. Other tracked aircraft that landed at Oakland in the 24 hours before this landing included a Gulfstream G280 registered to Goldman Sachs, a Gulfstream G550 registered to Simon Property, and a Gulfstream G650ER registered to Melinda French Gates.

George Lucas created Star Wars and Indiana Jones and sold Lucasfilm to Disney for about $4 billion in 2012. He owns Skywalker Ranch in Marin County, California. His aircraft, N138GL, is a 2025 Gulfstream G700 registered to SWR Services III LLC of Palo Alto and managed by Solairus Aviation. Oakland is the closest major airport to Skywalker Ranch, about 40 miles south. No public events or appearances tied to George Lucas were found near Oakland on this date.

The Gulfstream G700 has the largest cabin of any Gulfstream, with five living areas. It was certified in 2023. The aircraft's tracked flights in the window from August 28 to November 4, 2026, totaled 40 flights. The most common destinations in that window were Oakland with 15 landings, Van Nuys with 11 landings, and Burbank with 3 landings.

In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft made 14 flights, spent 38.0 hours in the air, and produced an estimated 175,195 kilograms of CO2. The longest leg in those 30 days was Oakland to Fort Lauderdale on November 2, 2026, covering 2,234 nautical miles. Recent flights by the same owner include a November 4 trip from Burbank to Oakland in 54 minutes covering 284 nautical miles.

The departure field at Fairfield has a longest runway of 11,001 feet and an elevation of 62 feet. The arrival field at Oakland has a longest runway of 10,520 feet and an elevation of 9 feet. The aircraft's estimated fuel burn is 480 US gallons per hour.

The aircraft had been on the ground at Fairfield for about one hour before this flight. Its previous tracked flight was from Dulles to Fairfield on November 4, a 4-hour 33-minute trip covering 2,084 nautical miles.