Jim Carrey's Gulfstream V N162JC lands at Bakersfield in 37-minute flight

Jim Carrey's Gulfstream V, tail number N162JC, flew from Van Nuys Airport (KVNY) to Meadows Field (KBFL) in Bakersfield on Friday, November 13, 2026. The aircraft departed Van Nuys at 00:26 UTC and landed at Bakersfield at 01:02 UTC. The flight took 37 minutes.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 80 nautical miles, or 92 miles. The aircraft reached a top ground speed of 341 knots and a highest altitude of 14,175 feet. The flight burned an estimated 262 US gallons of fuel, producing about 2,521 kilograms of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 6,240 miles. The Gulfstream V is an ultra-long-range jet with a range of 6,675 nautical miles, a top speed of Mach 0.885, a service ceiling of 51,000 feet, and seating for up to 16 passengers.

The aircraft's average ground speed on this leg was 131 knots. Bakersfield's longest runway is 10,849 feet, with an elevation of 510 feet. Van Nuys has a longest runway of 8,001 feet and sits at 802 feet elevation. The distance from Jim Carrey's home base to Bakersfield is 79 nautical miles.

This was the first tracked landing at Bakersfield for N162JC in the 37 flights recorded since May 22, 2026. Jim Carrey's home base is Van Nuys Airport, and his usual destinations include Kahului, Vancouver, Toronto, Los Angeles, and New York. In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft visited six airports in two countries and flew about 6,035 nautical miles. Other tracked aircraft at Bakersfield in the 24 hours before this landing included a Gulfstream III operated by Magic Johnson, which landed about seven hours earlier.

Jim Carrey is an actor, comedian, and producer with a net worth of about $180 million. He sold his Brentwood home in August 2025 for $17 million, a 41 percent discount on the original asking price of $28.9 million. He may have relocated to Maui after the sale. The flight to Bakersfield could be related to personal travel or film production, but no public events or appearances tied to Jim Carrey in the Bakersfield area were found in available sources.

The aircraft's last flight before this one landed at Van Nuys on November 11, 2026. That flight from Fairfield to Van Nuys took 58 minutes over 302 nautical miles. The aircraft had been on the ground at Van Nuys for about 25 hours before this trip.

In the 30 days before this flight, N162JC completed 10 flights totaling 16.8 hours in the air. The longest leg in that period was from Knoxville/Maryville to San Jose on October 30, covering 1,819 nautical miles. The aircraft burned an estimated 430 US gallons of fuel per hour.

This was the shortest flight tracked for N162JC in recent months, using about 1 percent of the Gulfstream V's total range.

The most common destinations for N162JC in the 30 days before this flight were Van Nuys with 16 landings, San Jose with three, and Teterboro with three. The aircraft's flight tracking is very limited, which may indicate reduced activity, charter usage, or limited ADS-B visibility.