Jay-Z & Beyoncé's Global 7500 flies from Van Nuys to Las Vegas in 40 minutes

Jay-Z & Beyoncé's Bombardier Global 7500, tail number N44440, flew from Van Nuys Airport in California to Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Sunday, October 25, 2026. The aircraft departed at 21:22 UTC and landed at 22:01 UTC. The flight took 40 minutes.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 198 nautical miles, or 228 miles. The aircraft reached a top ground speed of 448 knots and a highest altitude of 25,000 feet. Our estimate shows the flight burned about 271 US gallons of fuel and produced about 2,605 kilograms of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 6,448 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 Las Vegas in the tracked window. The home base on file for Jay-Z & Beyoncé is Teterboro Airport in New Jersey, 1,935 nautical miles from Las Vegas. In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft visited seven airports in one country and flew about 8,544 nautical miles. Other tracked aircraft that landed at Las Vegas in the 24 hours before this landing included Peter Thiel's Gulfstream V, which landed about 19 hours earlier, Stan Kroenke's Bombardier Global 7500, which landed about 2 hours earlier, and DJ Khaled's Bombardier Global 6500, which landed under an hour 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 Las Vegas on this date.

The flight moved the aircraft from Van Nuys to Las Vegas, a short hop that used only 3 percent of the aircraft's range. The aircraft's movements continue to follow a pattern of travel between the West Coast and entertainment hubs.

The aircraft's average ground speed on this flight was 300 knots. Van Nuys Airport has a longest runway of 8,001 feet at an elevation of 802 feet. Harry Reid International Airport's longest runway is 14,835 feet at an elevation of 2,181 feet.

In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft completed 8 flights totaling 19.8 hours in the air. Those flights produced an estimated 78,124 kilograms of CO2. The longest leg in that period was from Teterboro to Van Nuys on October 20, covering 2,130 nautical miles.

Before this Las Vegas landing, the aircraft flew from Camarillo to Van Nuys on October 25, a 15-minute hop of 28 nautical miles. On October 20, it flew from Van Nuys to Camarillo in 11 minutes over 30 nautical miles, and earlier that day from Teterboro to Van Nuys in 4 hours 55 minutes.