James Dolan's Gulfstream G550 flies from East Farmingdale to Newark in 26 minutes

James Dolan's Gulfstream G550, tail number N5465M, flew from Republic Airport in East Farmingdale to Newark Liberty International Airport on Wednesday, October 21, 2026. The aircraft departed at 22:07 UTC and landed at 22:33 UTC. The flight took 26 minutes.

The Gulfstream G550 is an Ultra Long Range jet. It burns about 430 US gallons of fuel per hour. This flight used about 1% of the aircraft's total range. Republic Airport's longest runway is 6,833 feet, with an elevation of 82 feet. Newark Liberty International Airport's longest runway is 11,000 feet, with an elevation of 18 feet.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 47 nautical miles, or 54 miles. The aircraft reached a highest altitude of 4,850 feet and a top ground speed of 291 knots. The average ground speed was 109 knots. Our estimate puts the fuel burned at about 183 US gallons, producing about 1.8 metric tons of CO2. That is roughly the same as driving a car 4,357 miles. The Gulfstream G550 can fly up to 6,750 nautical miles without stopping and seats up to 19 passengers. Its service ceiling is 51,000 feet.

In the 30 days before this flight, all three of James Dolan's tracked aircraft made 40 flights. N5465M had landed at Newark six times in that window. The last Newark landing before this one was on October 18, three days earlier. The aircraft's most common destination in that period 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 East Farmingdale for about three days before departing for Newark. Its previous tracked flight was a 31-minute hop from Newark to East Farmingdale on October 18. The return trip followed the same route in the opposite direction.

In the days before this flight, another of James Dolan's tracked aircraft, the Gulfstream G650ER N176KH, made several trips. On October 13, it flew from Oakland to East Farmingdale, covering 2,247 nautical miles in 4 hours 28 minutes. On October 15, it flew from East Farmingdale to Orlando and back, each leg 829 nautical miles and 2 hours 2 minutes.

The Gulfstream G550 is a GV-SP type, with over 617 in operation worldwide. Its top speed is Mach 0.885, or 488 knots.