Kim Kardashian's Gulfstream G650ER N1980K returns to Van Nuys from Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo

Kim Kardashian's Gulfstream G650ER, registered N1980K, flew from Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo International Airport to Van Nuys Airport on Thursday, October 29, 2026. The flight departed at 17:43 UTC and landed at 20:50 UTC, spending 3 hours and 7 minutes in the air. The great-circle distance between the two airports is 1,409 nautical miles, or about 1,621 miles.

The aircraft covered the distance at an average ground speed of 452 knots, reaching a top speed of 536 knots and a highest altitude of 43,025 feet. The flight burned an estimated 1,464 US gallons of fuel, producing about 14,068 kilograms of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 34,822 miles. The Gulfstream G650ER is an ultra-long-range jet with a range of 7,500 nm, a top speed of Mach 0.925, a ceiling of 51,000 feet, and seating for up to 19 passengers.

This was the 16th tracked landing at Van Nuys in the window from August 14 to October 27, 2026, and the first since October 27, two days earlier. Van Nuys is the home base on file for N1980K. In the 24 hours before this landing, one other tracked aircraft arrived at Van Nuys: a Gulfstream V registered to Caesars, landing about 21 hours earlier. The aircraft's usual destinations include Camarillo, San Diego, Savannah, Coeur d'Alene, Palm Springs, and Athens.

Kim Kardashian is a media personality and businesswoman with a net worth of about $1.7 billion, mostly from her Skims stake. She lives in the Hidden Hills mansion she retained after her divorce from Kanye West. The return from Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, a Pacific coast resort town in Mexico, fits a pattern of trips to warm-weather destinations. The aircraft has previously flown to Coachella, Providenciales, and other leisure spots.

In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft flew 12 flights totaling 77.0 hours in the air. Those flights produced about 347,855 kilograms of CO2. The longest leg in that period was from Honolulu, Oahu to Batam on October 9, 2026, covering 5,815 nautical miles. The aircraft used 10 airports in 6 countries over about 37,252 nautical miles.

The flight used about 19 percent of the aircraft's total range. Van Nuys Airport has a longest runway of 8,001 feet and sits at an elevation of 802 feet. In the tracking window from August 14 to October 27, 2026, the aircraft made 40 tracked flights. The most common destinations in that window were Van Nuys with 15 landings, Luton with 4 landings, and Los Angeles with 2 landings.

The flight ended at the home base, and the aircraft had been on the ground for about two days before this trip, following a previous landing at Van Nuys. The movement itself is routine for a jet that has made longer trips across the Atlantic and Pacific in recent weeks.