Google's Gulfstream returns to Moffett after a cross-country midweek sprint

Google flew Gulfstream G550 N904G from Teterboro to Moffett Federal Airfield on the overnight of May 21–22, completing a 5-hour 29-minute crossing from the New York area back to Silicon Valley. The flight departed Teterboro just after 11 p.m. Eastern on Thursday and touched down at the company's private airfield at 4:34 a.m. Pacific Friday.

The same week, Alphabet holds its 2026 annual meeting of stockholders, scheduled for May 22 at the company's Mountain View headquarters, as stated in the proxy filing with the SEC. CEO Sundar Pichai and the board are expected to face questions from investors on issues including AI governance and the pending sale of Moffett's Hangar One lease terms. This midweek sprint from the East Coast—a last-minute trip, given the overnight timing—likely placed key executives in the room for the vote.

N904G has been busy this month: on May 15 it flew the reverse Moffett-to-Teterboro route, and on May 13 it hopped from Los Angeles to London Stansted, per flight records. Google's pair of G550s remain the quiet shuttles of a trillion-dollar company, landing at a facility that was itself a 2014 $1.16B bet on executive mobility—and a NASA hangar controversy that still draws scrutiny.