Jake Paul's Bombardier Global Express XRS lands at San Juan Seaplane Base

Jake Paul's Bombardier Global Express XRS, tail number N801AD, flew from Marianna Municipal Airport in Florida to San Juan Seaplane Base in Puerto Rico on November 14, 2026. The flight departed at 20:44 UTC and landed at 23:21 UTC, spending 2 hours 37 minutes in the air. The great-circle distance between the two airports is 1,249 nm, or 1,438 miles.

The aircraft covered the route at an average ground speed of 477 knots, reaching a top speed of 568 knots and a highest altitude of 45,025 feet. The Bombardier Global Express XRS has a range of 6,160 nm, a top speed of Mach 0.89, and a ceiling of 51,000 feet. It typically seats 13 passengers, with a maximum of 16. The flight burned an estimated 1,047 US gallons of fuel, producing about 10.1 metric tons of CO2, roughly equal to driving a car 24,904 miles.

This is the first tracked landing at San Juan Seaplane Base for N801AD. The aircraft's home base is Austin Bergstrom International Airport. Over the last 35 tracked flights, the most common destinations included San Juan's Luis Munoz Marin International Airport with four landings, Austin with two, and Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport with two. In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft visited four airports in two countries and flew about 2,426 nm.

Jake Paul is a YouTube creator turned professional boxer and co-founder of Most Valuable Promotions. He has lived in Puerto Rico since 2021. The arrival at San Juan Seaplane Base, located on the island's northeast coast, brings the aircraft to the area where Paul has a home. A search of recent news did not turn up a specific public event or appearance tied to Paul in Puerto Rico on or around November 14.

The flight from Marianna to San Juan used about 20 percent of the aircraft's maximum range. N801AD had been on the ground for about two hours before departing, following a previous tracked landing at Austin on the same day.

The Bombardier Global Express XRS is an ultra long range jet with improved performance over the original Global Express. The aircraft burns an estimated 400 US gallons of fuel per hour. Marianna Municipal Airport has a longest runway of 6,001 feet at an elevation of 110 feet. San Juan Seaplane Base has a longest runway of 10,000 feet at an elevation of 10 feet.

The distance from the aircraft's home base at Austin Bergstrom International Airport to San Juan Seaplane Base is 1,856 nm. In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft flew three flights totaling 5.8 hours in the air and producing about 22,394 kg of CO2. The longest leg in that period was from San Juan to Atlanta on November 9, covering 1,352 nm.

Recent flights by the same owner include a November 14 trip from Atlanta to Austin covering 165 nm in 42 minutes. On November 9, the aircraft flew from San Juan to Atlanta in 3 hours 16 minutes over 1,352 nm, and earlier that day from Fort Lauderdale to San Juan in 1 hour 52 minutes over 909 nm. Other recent flights include San Francisco to Dulles on September 16 and Teterboro to Van Nuys on September 13.