James Dolan's Gulfstream G550 flies from White Plains to East Farmingdale in 7 minutes

James Dolan's Gulfstream G550, tail number N107VS, landed at Republic Airport in East Farmingdale at 23:39 UTC on Saturday, November 14, 2026. The aircraft had departed Westchester County Airport in White Plains at 23:32 UTC. The flight took 7 minutes.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 26 nautical miles, or 30 miles. The aircraft reached a highest altitude of 3,275 feet and a top ground speed of 281 knots. Our estimate puts the fuel burned at about 49 US gallons, producing about 473 kg of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 1,170 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 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 aircraft burns an estimated 430 US gallons of fuel per hour. The departure airport, Westchester County Airport, has a longest runway of 6,549 feet and an elevation of 439 feet. Republic Airport's longest runway is 6,833 feet, with an elevation of 82 feet.

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 earlier on the same day, November 14, by the Gulfstream G650ER N176KH. The most common destinations for the fleet in that window were East Farmingdale with 14 landings, Newark with 5 landings, and New York with 3 landings. N107VS had been on the ground at New York for about one hour before this flight, following a trip from Vancouver to New York on November 14.

On the same day, another aircraft on file for James Dolan, the Gulfstream G550 N5465M, flew from Newark to East Farmingdale in 27 minutes, covering 46 nautical miles. That same aircraft had earlier flown from Amsterdam to Newark in 7 hours and 22 minutes, covering 3,174 nautical miles. On November 13, N5465M flew from East Farmingdale to Amsterdam in 6 hours and 25 minutes, covering 3,145 nautical miles.

James Dolan is the executive chairman of Madison Square Garden and the owner of the New York Knicks. Republic Airport in East Farmingdale is about 35 miles east of Manhattan, close to the Knicks' home arena at Madison Square Garden. The Knicks' season was underway in mid-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.

On the same day as this flight, N107VS had flown from East Farmingdale to Vancouver in 4 hours and 50 minutes, covering 2,130 nautical miles. The fleet logged 40 flights in the 30 days before this trip, covering about 41,482 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.