Johnson & Johnson's Gulfstream G650ER flies from Rome to Fort Lauderdale in 9h 36m

Johnson & Johnson's Gulfstream G650ER, tail number N400J, flew from Ciampino–G. B. Pastine International Airport in Rome, Italy, to Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport on Sunday, October 18, 2026. The flight departed at 07:02 UTC and landed at 16:38 UTC, spending 9 hours and 36 minutes in the air.

The great-circle distance of the flight was 4,496 nautical miles, about 60 percent of the aircraft's 7,500 nm range. The Gulfstream G650ER averaged 468 knots ground speed and reached a highest altitude of 41,025 feet. Based on our estimate, the aircraft burned about 4,511 US gallons of fuel, producing about 43.3 metric tons of CO2, roughly equal to driving a car 107,256 miles. The G650ER typically seats up to 19 passengers and has a top speed of Mach 0.925.

This was the second tracked landing at Fort Lauderdale by N400J in the past 30 days. The previous one was on September 28, 2026, 19 days before this flight. Johnson & Johnson's home base is Morristown Municipal Airport in New Jersey, and its usual destinations include Washington Dulles, Newark Liberty, London Heathrow, and Amsterdam Schiphol. In the 30 days before this flight, N400J visited 15 airports in 9 countries and flew about 32,851 nautical miles.

Johnson & Johnson is a global pharmaceutical and medical-devices company headquartered in New Brunswick, New Jersey, with CEO Joaquin Duato. The company's mixed fleet also includes a Gulfstream G550 and a Citation CJ4, plus a helicopter for short hops between New Jersey campuses. Fort Lauderdale is a common stop for corporate aircraft heading to and from the Caribbean and Latin America, though no specific Johnson & Johnson event was tied to this arrival.

This flight followed a busy week for N400J. On October 15, it flew from Midrand, South Africa, to Rome. On October 14, it went from Rabat, Morocco, to Johannesburg. Earlier in the month, the aircraft traveled from Bengaluru, India, to Rome, and from Hanoi, Vietnam, to Seletar, Singapore.

In the 30 days before this flight, N400J flew 12 flights totaling 73.8 hours in the air. Those flights produced an estimated 333,216 kg of CO2. The longest leg in that period was from Anchorage to Hanoi on September 29, covering 4,687 nautical miles.

The aircraft's last tracked landing before this flight was at Rome on October 16, giving it about two days on the ground before departing for Fort Lauderdale.

The aircraft's top ground speed on this trip reached 524 knots. The departure airport in Rome has a longest runway of 7,226 feet at an elevation of 427 feet. Fort Lauderdale's longest runway is 9,000 feet at 9 feet elevation. The distance from Johnson & Johnson's home base at Morristown to Fort Lauderdale is 929 nautical miles.