INEOS Gulfstream G600 M-INKE lands at West Palm Beach from Farnborough

INEOS's Gulfstream G600, tail number M-INKE, flew from Farnborough Airport in Hampshire, United Kingdom, to President Donald J. Trump International Airport in West Palm Beach, United States, on Thursday, October 29, 2026. The aircraft departed at 15:31 UTC and landed at 23:59 UTC, spending 8 hours 29 minutes in the air.

The great-circle distance of the flight was 3,790 nm, or 4,361 miles. The aircraft reached a highest altitude of 43,025 feet and a top ground speed of 531 knots. Its average ground speed was 447 knots. The flight used an estimated 3,729 US gallons of fuel, producing about 35,822 kg of CO2. The Gulfstream G600 is an ultra long range jet with a range of 6,600 nm, a top speed of Mach 0.925, a ceiling of 51,000 feet, and seating for typically 10 passengers.

The aircraft is a stretched version of the Gulfstream G500 and has four passenger zones. It burns about 440 US gallons of fuel per hour. The departure field at Farnborough has a longest runway of 8,005 feet and sits at an elevation of 238 feet.

This was the first landing at West Palm Beach by any of INEOS's three Gulfstream G600s in the tracked window from September 11 to October 29, 2026. The aircraft's home base is Isle of Man Airport in Castletown, Isle of Man. Its usual destinations include Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport, Farnborough Airport, London Luton Airport, Geneva International Airport, London Heathrow Airport, and Manchester Airport. In the 30 days before this flight, INEOS's three aircraft made 21 flights, spending 44.7 hours in the air. Other tracked aircraft that landed at West Palm Beach in the 24 hours before this landing included Donald Trump's Boeing 757-200, which landed about two hours earlier, and Corning's Dassault Falcon 900, which landed under an hour earlier.

In the tracked window from September 11 to October 29, 2026, all three of INEOS's Gulfstream G600s made 39 flights. The most common destinations were Nice, with 11 landings, Farnborough, with 10, and Newcastle upon Tyne, with 3. Before this flight, the aircraft had been on the ground for about 21 hours, following a previous landing at Farnborough on October 28. The longest leg in that period was from Nice to El Alamein on October 5, covering 1,284 nautical miles.

On the same day, another INEOS Gulfstream G600 flew from Farnborough to Nice, and a third flew from Saint-Baudille-et-Pipet in Isère to Farnborough. On October 28, the aircraft that made this trip had flown from Nice to Farnborough and earlier from Charmeil in Allier to Pierrefeu-du-Var in Var.

INEOS is one of the world's largest chemical producers, founded in 1998 by Sir Jim Ratcliffe. The company has about 26,000 employees across 190 sites and roughly $65 billion in annual revenue. Its ownership is concentrated among Ratcliffe, Andy Currie, and John Reece. The group's sporting arm includes OGC Nice, INEOS Grenadiers, INEOS Britannia in the America's Cup, a stake in Mercedes-AMG F1, and about 28 percent of Manchester United. No public events or meetings tied to INEOS were found near West Palm Beach on the day of the flight.

The flight used 57 percent of the aircraft's range. It arrived at an airport with a 10,001 foot runway, 3,622 nm from the aircraft's home base.