James Dolan's Gulfstream G550 N5465M flies from Boston to East Farmingdale in 49 minutes

James Dolan's Gulfstream G550, tail number N5465M, landed at Republic Airport in East Farmingdale at 16:47 UTC on Wednesday, November 4, 2026. The aircraft had departed Boston Logan International Airport at 15:58 UTC. The flight took 49 minutes.

N5465M had been on the ground at Boston Logan for about 5 hours before departing. Boston Logan's longest runway is 10,083 feet, with an elevation of 20 feet. Republic Airport's longest runway is 6,833 feet, with an elevation of 82 feet.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 146 nautical miles, or 168 miles. The aircraft averaged 179 knots ground speed and reached a highest altitude of 22,000 feet and a top ground speed of 414 knots. Our estimate puts the fuel burned at about 352 US gallons, producing about 3,385 kg of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 8,379 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.

In the 30 days before this flight, all three of James Dolan's tracked aircraft made 40 flights and landed at East Farmingdale 14 times. The last landing at East Farmingdale before this one was on November 2, two days earlier, by the Gulfstream G550 N107VS. The most common destinations for the fleet in that window were East Farmingdale with 14 landings, Newark with 6 landings, and Teterboro with 3 landings. Another of Dolan's aircraft, the Gulfstream G550 N107VS, flew from East Farmingdale to Lebanon on November 2, and the Gulfstream G650ER N176KH flew from East Farmingdale to Westfield on October 26.

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 aircraft burns an estimated 430 US gallons of fuel per hour.

James Dolan is the executive chairman of Madison Square Garden and the owner of the New York Knicks. Republic Airport in East Farmingdale is a frequent base for Dolan's fleet, and the Knicks' season was underway in late October and 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 35,439 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 Teterboro to Boston in 45 minutes, covering 164 nautical miles.

On November 2, another of Dolan's Gulfstream G550s, N107VS, flew from Lebanon to East Farmingdale in 42 minutes, covering 191 nautical miles. Earlier that day, the same aircraft flew from East Farmingdale to Lebanon in 32 minutes, covering 178 nautical miles. On October 31, N107VS flew from Saranac Lake to East Farmingdale in 29 minutes, covering 185 nautical miles.