Kash Patel's Gulfstream G550 N708JH flies 87 miles from Joint Base Andrews to Richmond

Kash Patel's Gulfstream G550, tail number N708JH, flew from Joint Base Andrews in Camp Springs, Maryland, to Richmond International Airport in Virginia on Thursday, November 5, 2026. The flight departed at 20:34 UTC and landed at 20:59 UTC, spending just 24 minutes in the air. The great-circle distance between the two airports is 87 nautical miles, or about 100 miles. The aircraft reached a top altitude of 12,050 feet and a top ground speed of 380 knots, with an average ground speed of 216 knots.

The flight burned an estimated 174 US gallons of fuel, releasing about 1,670 kilograms of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 4,132 miles. The Gulfstream G550 is an ultra long range jet with a range of 6,750 nautical miles, a top speed of Mach 0.885, and a service ceiling of 51,000 feet. It typically seats 16 passengers and can carry up to 19. The aircraft has been in service since 2003 and is one of over 617 GV-SP type jets operating worldwide.

This was the 13th landing at Richmond in the 30 days before this flight, with the previous one on November 2. The aircraft's home base is Washington Manassas Harry P. Davis Field in Virginia, 74 nautical miles from Richmond. In the 24 hours before this landing, two other tracked aircraft arrived at Richmond: a Gulfstream G450 owned by Dominion Energy and a Beechcraft King Air 350 owned by Glenn Youngkin, both landing about 22 hours earlier. The aircraft's usual destinations include Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Honolulu, Chicago, Boston, and Miami.

Kash Patel was confirmed as the 9th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on February 20, 2025. As FBI Director, Patel is required by federal policy to use the Department of Justice's Gulfstream G550 for all travel, both official and personal, and must reimburse the government for personal trips. The aircraft has drawn public scrutiny after tracking showed it used for flights to Las Vegas, Hawaii, and visits to his girlfriend's hometown. In 2025, members of Congress demanded Patel reimburse taxpayers and produce records of personal flights.

Richmond International Airport is located about 100 miles south of Joint Base Andrews and is a frequent destination for this aircraft, with 12 landings in the 30 days before this flight. The aircraft is owned by the U.S. Department of Justice and registered to an address at FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C. The flight on November 5 followed a series of trips that included stops in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and West Palm Beach over the previous three days.

The aircraft's longest leg in the 30 days before this flight was from San Francisco to Camp Springs on October 7, 2026, covering 2,125 nautical miles. In that 30-day window, the jet flew 36 flights totaling 54.8 hours in the air and released about 226,542 kilograms of CO2, according to estimates. The flight from Richmond to Camp Springs on November 2 covered 85 nautical miles in 23 minutes.

The Gulfstream G550 burns about 430 US gallons of fuel per hour. The November 5 flight used only 1 percent of the aircraft's total range. Richmond International Airport's longest runway is 9,003 feet at an elevation of 167 feet. Joint Base Andrews has a longest runway of 11,301 feet at 280 feet elevation.

The Gulfstream G550 N708JH remains at Richmond International Airport as of the last tracked position. The aircraft's next flight has not yet been recorded by our tracking systems.