James Dolan's Gulfstream G650ER flies 91 nm from Republic to Westfield

James Dolan's Gulfstream G650ER, tail number N176KH, was tracked departing Republic Airport in East Farmingdale at 15:49 UTC on Monday, October 26, 2026, and landing at Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport in Massachusetts 30 minutes later. The flight covered a great-circle distance of 91 nautical miles, or 104 miles, at an average ground speed of 184 knots. The aircraft reached a highest altitude of 9,750 feet and a top ground speed of 346 knots.

Republic Airport's longest runway is 6,833 feet, and its elevation is 82 feet. Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport has a longest runway of 9,000 feet and sits at 271 feet elevation.

The short hop used an estimated 212 US gallons of fuel, producing about 2,037 kilograms of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 5,041 miles. The Gulfstream G650ER is an ultra-long-range jet with a maximum range of 7,500 nautical miles, a service ceiling of 51,000 feet, and seating for up to 19 passengers. The flight used just 1 percent of the aircraft's range.

The Gulfstream G650ER has a top speed of Mach 0.925, or 516 knots. The estimated fuel burn for this aircraft is 430 US gallons per hour.

In the 30 days before this flight, none of James Dolan's three tracked aircraft had landed at Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport. The most common destinations for the fleet in that window were East Farmingdale, with 12 landings, Newark with 8 landings, and Nantucket with 4 landings. The aircraft had been on the ground at East Farmingdale for about one hour before this departure, following a 7-hour 22-minute flight from Palma de Mallorca that landed earlier the same day. Another of Dolan's aircraft, the Gulfstream G550 N107VS, flew from Teterboro to East Farmingdale on October 24, and the Gulfstream G550 N5465M flew from East Farmingdale to Las Vegas on October 23.

James Dolan is the executive chairman of Madison Square Garden and the owner of the New York Knicks. Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport is located in western Massachusetts, about 100 miles from New York City. No public appearance or event tied to Dolan was found for the arrival date. The Knicks' season was underway in October, with games scheduled at Madison Square Garden in the days around this flight.

The 30-minute flight from Republic Airport to Westfield-Barnes was a brief repositioning within the Northeast corridor, a region where Dolan's aircraft have been active in recent weeks. The fleet logged 40 flights in the 30 days before this trip, covering about 34,583 nautical miles.

In the 30 days before this flight, the longest leg for any of James Dolan's aircraft was East Farmingdale to Palma de Mallorca on October 23, covering 3,382 nautical miles. That same aircraft, N176KH, had flown from Caselle Torinese to Palma de Mallorca on October 25, a 397-nautical-mile trip, and from Palma de Mallorca to Caselle Torinese earlier that day, a 403-nautical-mile trip.