James Dolan's Gulfstream G550 N5465M flies from Teterboro to Boston in 45 minutes

James Dolan's Gulfstream G550, tail number N5465M, landed at Boston Logan International Airport at 11:22 UTC on Wednesday, November 4, 2026. The aircraft had departed Teterboro Airport in New Jersey at 10:37 UTC. The flight took 45 minutes.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 164 nautical miles, or 189 miles. The aircraft averaged 218 knots ground speed and reached a highest altitude of 16,775 feet and a top ground speed of 431 knots. Our estimate puts the fuel burned at about 325 US gallons, producing about 3,119 kg of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 7,720 miles. The Gulfstream G550 is an ultra-long-range jet with a maximum range of 6,750 nautical miles, a service ceiling of 51,000 feet, and seating for up to 19 passengers. The flight used 2 percent of the aircraft's range.

The Gulfstream G550 is a GV-SP type, with more than 617 in operation worldwide. Its top speed is Mach 0.885, or 488 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 Boston. The fleet made 40 flights in that window, and the most common destinations were East Farmingdale with 14 landings, Newark with 7 landings, and Teterboro with 3 landings. N5465M had been on the ground at Teterboro for about six hours before this flight, following a trip from Burbank to Teterboro on November 3. Another of Dolan's aircraft, the Gulfstream G550 N107VS, flew from Lebanon to East Farmingdale on November 2.

Teterboro Airport's longest runway is 6,997 feet, with an elevation of 9 feet. Boston Logan International Airport's longest runway is 10,083 feet, with an elevation of 20 feet. On November 2, another of Dolan's Gulfstream G550 aircraft, N107VS, flew from East Farmingdale to Lebanon in 32 minutes, covering 178 nautical miles, and later returned from Lebanon to East Farmingdale in 42 minutes, covering 191 nautical miles.

James Dolan is the executive chairman of Madison Square Garden and the owner of the New York Knicks. Boston Logan International Airport is a major hub for the region, and the Knicks' season was underway in early November, 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 fleet logged 40 flights in the 30 days before this trip, covering about 35,319 nautical miles. The longest leg in that window was N176KH's October 23 flight from East Farmingdale to Palma de Mallorca, covering 3,382 nautical miles. On the same day as this flight, N5465M had flown from Burbank to Teterboro in 4 hours 29 minutes, covering 2,123 nautical miles.