James Dolan's Gulfstream G550 returns to Newark from Paris after 7-hour Atlantic crossing

James Dolan's Gulfstream G550, tail number N5465M, landed at Newark Liberty International Airport on Sunday, October 18, 2026, at 19:58 UTC. The aircraft departed Paris-Le Bourget International Airport at 12:07 UTC and spent 7 hours 51 minutes in the air. The great-circle distance between the two airports is 3,163 nautical miles, or 3,640 miles.

The flight covered 47 percent of the aircraft's maximum range of 6,750 nautical miles. The Gulfstream G550 reached a top ground speed of 522 knots and a highest altitude of 44,000 feet. Our estimate puts the fuel burned at about 3,377 US gallons, producing about 32.4 metric tons of CO2. That is roughly the same as driving a car 80,295 miles. The G550 can seat up to 19 passengers and has a service ceiling of 51,000 feet.

N5465M had landed at Newark five times in the 30 days before this flight. The last Newark landing before this one was on October 14, four days earlier. The aircraft's most common destination in that window was East Farmingdale's Republic Airport, with 10 landings. Another of Dolan's aircraft, the Gulfstream G650ER N176KH, landed at Newark on October 12 after a flight from Oakland.

James Dolan is the executive chairman of Madison Square Garden and the owner of the New York Knicks. Newark Liberty International Airport is a major hub for the New York metropolitan area, where Dolan's business interests are based. The Knicks' season was underway in October, with games scheduled at Madison Square Garden in the days around this flight. No public appearance or event tied to Dolan was found for the arrival date.

The aircraft had been on the ground in Paris for about four days before departing for Newark. Its previous tracked flight was a 6-hour 34-minute crossing from Newark to Paris on October 14. The return trip followed the same route in the opposite direction.

The Gulfstream G550 is a GV-SP type, with over 617 in operation worldwide. Its top speed is Mach 0.885, or 488 knots. The average ground speed on this flight was 403 knots. The estimated fuel burn for the Gulfstream G550 is 430 US gallons per hour.

Paris-Le Bourget International Airport has a longest runway of 9,843 feet and an elevation of 218 feet. Newark Liberty International Airport has a longest runway of 11,000 feet and an elevation of 18 feet.

In the 30 days before this flight, all three of James Dolan's tracked aircraft made 40 flights. On October 15, the Gulfstream G650ER N176KH flew from Orlando to East Farmingdale and back, each leg 2 hours 2 minutes and 829 nautical miles. On October 13, that same aircraft flew from East Farmingdale to Dunkirk, then to Oakland, then to East Farmingdale.