Jay-Z & Beyoncé's Global 7500 flies from Teterboro to Van Nuys in 4 hours 55 minutes

Jay-Z & Beyoncé's Bombardier Global 7500, tail number N44440, flew from Teterboro Airport in New Jersey to Van Nuys Airport in California on Tuesday, October 20, 2026. The aircraft departed at 12:29 UTC and landed at 17:24 UTC. The flight took 4 hours and 55 minutes.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 2,130 nautical miles, or 2,451 miles. The aircraft reached a top ground speed of 486 knots and a highest altitude of 43,025 feet. Our estimate shows the flight burned about 2,016 US gallons of fuel and produced about 19,363 kilograms of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 47,928 miles. The Bombardier Global 7500 is built for ultra-long-range travel, with a range of 7,700 nautical miles, a ceiling of 51,000 feet, and seating for up to 19 passengers.

This was the aircraft's first tracked landing at Van Nuys in the tracked window. The home base on file for Jay-Z & Beyoncé is Teterboro Airport in New Jersey, 2,129 nautical miles from Van Nuys. In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft visited six airports in two countries and flew about 12,315 nautical miles. Other tracked aircraft that landed at Van Nuys in the 24 hours before this landing included Dr. Phil's Gulfstream IV SP, which landed about 12 hours earlier, and Dwayne Johnson's Bombardier Global 7500, which landed about 4 hours earlier.

Shawn 'Jay-Z' Carter and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter are the founders of Roc Nation and Parkwood Entertainment, respectively, with a combined net worth of more than $3 billion. N44440 is registered to MAV 4 LLC and was reported as a $40 million wedding-anniversary gift. The aircraft frequently travels between the Hamptons, Miami, Los Angeles, and European tour stops. A web search did not find a specific public appearance or event tied to Jay-Z or Beyoncé near Van Nuys on this date.

The flight moved the aircraft from its home base to a frequent West Coast destination. The aircraft's movements continue to follow a pattern of travel between the New York area and Southern California.

The aircraft's average ground speed on this leg was 433 knots. The flight used about 28 percent of the Global 7500's total range. The departure runway at Teterboro is 6,997 feet long at an elevation of 9 feet. Van Nuys has a longest runway of 8,001 feet at 802 feet elevation.

In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft completed 7 tracked flights totaling 27.2 hours in the air. Those flights produced an estimated 107,080 kilograms of CO2. The longest leg in that period was from Westhampton Beach to Southend-on-Sea, Essex, covering 2,980 nautical miles.

The aircraft had been on the ground for about 19 hours before this departure, following a previous tracked landing at Teterboro on October 19. The most common destinations in the tracked window were Westhampton Beach with 6 landings and Teterboro with 3 landings. The Global 7500 has 4 living zones and a 54.4-foot cabin.