Jay-Z & Beyoncé's Global 7500 flies 30 nm from Van Nuys to Camarillo

Jay-Z & Beyoncé's Bombardier Global 7500, tail number N44440, flew from Van Nuys Airport in California to Camarillo International Airport on Tuesday, October 20, 2026. The aircraft departed at 18:32 UTC and landed at 18:43 UTC. The flight took 11 minutes.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 30 nautical miles, or 34 miles. The aircraft reached a top ground speed of 291 knots and a highest altitude of 4,025 feet. Our estimate shows the flight burned about 75 US gallons of fuel and produced about 721 kilograms of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 1,785 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 Camarillo in the tracked window. The home base on file for Jay-Z & Beyoncé is Teterboro Airport in New Jersey, 2,157 nautical miles from Camarillo. In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft visited seven airports in two countries and flew about 14,444 nautical miles. Recent flights included trips from Teterboro to Van Nuys on October 20, from Westhampton Beach to Teterboro on October 19, and from Houston to Westhampton Beach on October 13.

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 Camarillo on this date.

The flight moved the aircraft a short distance within Southern California, following a longer leg from Teterboro to Van Nuys earlier the same day. The aircraft's movements continue to follow a pattern of travel between the New York area and other frequent destinations.

The aircraft's average ground speed on this short hop was 163 knots. Van Nuys Airport has a longest runway of 8,001 feet at an elevation of 802 feet. Camarillo International Airport's longest runway is 6,013 feet at 77 feet elevation.

In the 30 days before this flight, the Global 7500 flew 8 flights totaling 32.1 hours in the air, producing an estimated 126,443 kilograms of CO2. The longest leg in that period was from Westhampton Beach to Southend-on-Sea, Essex, covering 2,980 nautical miles on September 21, 2026.

The aircraft had been on the ground at Van Nuys for about one hour before departing for Camarillo. Its most common landing airports in the tracked window were Westhampton Beach with six landings and Teterboro with three. The Bombardier Global 7500 has a top speed of Mach 0.925, or 516 knots, and features four living zones with a 54.4-foot cabin.