Jim Carrey's Gulfstream V N162JC returns to Van Nuys after 27-minute flight from Bakersfield

Jim Carrey's Gulfstream V, tail number N162JC, flew from Meadows Field (KBFL) in Bakersfield to Van Nuys Airport (KVNY) on Friday, November 13, 2026. The aircraft departed Bakersfield at 01:17 UTC and landed at Van Nuys at 01:45 UTC. The flight took 27 minutes.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 81 nautical miles, or 93 miles. The aircraft reached a top ground speed of 326 knots and a highest altitude of 13,175 feet. The flight burned an estimated 196 US gallons of fuel, producing about 1,884 kilograms of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 4,664 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 177 knots. Bakersfield's longest runway is 10,849 feet at an elevation of 510 feet. Van Nuys has a longest runway of 8,001 feet at 802 feet elevation.

This was the 16th tracked landing at Van Nuys for N162JC in the 37 flights recorded since May 22, 2026. The previous landing at Van Nuys was on November 11, 2026, about 1 day before this flight. 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 7 airports in 2 countries and flew about 6,115 nautical miles. Other tracked aircraft at Van Nuys in the 24 hours before this landing included a Bombardier Global 6000 operated by Alo Yoga, which landed about 5 hours earlier, and a Gulfstream G650 operated by Ronald Perelman, which landed about 4 hours earlier.

In the 30 days before this flight, N162JC completed 11 flights totaling 17.4 hours in the air. The longest leg was from Knoxville/Maryville to San Jose on October 30, 2026, covering 1,819 nautical miles. The aircraft's estimated CO2 output for that period was about 71,832 kilograms.

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 from Bakersfield to Van Nuys 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 Gulfstream V was the first ultra-long-range jet from Gulfstream. Its estimated fuel burn is 430 US gallons per hour. The aircraft has very limited verified flight tracking, which may indicate reduced activity, charter usage, or limited ADS-B visibility.

The aircraft's last flight before this one landed at Bakersfield on November 13, 2026, after a 37-minute flight from Van Nuys. That flight was the shortest tracked for N162JC in recent months, using about 1 percent of the Gulfstream V's total range.