IBM's Gulfstream takes a one-minute hop at Westchester County — repositioning or test flight?

IBM flew its Gulfstream G650ER, tail N780TW, from Westchester County Airport to the same airport on June 8, 2026 — a flight lasting just one minute, reaching 825 feet and 164 knots. The aircraft never left the airport perimeter, according to flight data on [celebplanes.com](https://www.celebplanes.com/celebrity/ibm).

Such a brief hop is almost certainly a repositioning between hangars or a post-maintenance check flight. IBM's two G650ERs (N780TW and N780RW) are based at KHPN, near the company's Armonk headquarters, per the same source. The flight pattern shows no destination event; the aircraft simply moved a few miles within the airport.

IBM's private jets are primarily used for executive travel — CEO Arvind Krishna is required to fly on company aircraft per IBM's security policy, as noted in the briefing. But this one-minute flight is an outlier, likely a routine operational move rather than a trip tied to any conference, board meeting, or public appearance. As [gulfstreamjets.blogspot.com](https://gulfstreamjets.blogspot.com/2020/10/a-ninth-gulfstream-customer-joins.html) notes, IBM has a long history with Gulfstream; this quick hop is just another day in the fleet's log.