Kim Kardashian's Gulfstream G650ER N1980K flies 17 nm from Los Angeles to Van Nuys

Kim Kardashian's Gulfstream G650ER, registered N1980K, flew from Los Angeles International Airport to Van Nuys Airport on Sunday, November 15, 2026. The flight departed at 09:50 UTC and landed at 10:14 UTC, spending 24 minutes in the air. The great-circle distance between the two airports is 17 nautical miles, or about 19 miles.

The departure airport, Los Angeles International, has a longest runway of 12,894 feet at an elevation of 125 feet. The arrival airport, Van Nuys, has a longest runway of 8,001 feet at an elevation of 802 feet.

The aircraft covered 17 nm at an average ground speed of 42 knots, reaching a top speed of 281 knots and a highest altitude of 4,925 feet. The flight burned an estimated 187 US gallons of fuel, producing about 1,797 kilograms of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 4,449 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 15th tracked landing at Van Nuys in the window from August 29 to November 14, 2026, and the first since November 5, 10 days earlier. Van Nuys is the home base on file for N1980K. In the 24 hours before this landing, three other tracked aircraft arrived at Van Nuys: a Gulfstream G500 registered to Steve Tisch, a Gulfstream G650ER registered to Eric Schmidt, and a Bombardier Global 6500 registered to the Poonawalla Family, landing 17, 15, and 11 hours earlier.

Kim Kardashian is a media personality and businesswoman with a net worth of about $1.7 billion, mostly from her stake in Skims. Her aircraft, a Gulfstream G650ER, has been tracked on frequent short hops between Van Nuys and Camarillo, as well as longer runs to destinations including San Diego, Savannah, Coeur d'Alene, and Athens. In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft flew 11 flights totaling 65.5 hours in the air, producing about 295,548 kilograms of CO2. The longest leg in that period was from Rome to Los Angeles on October 24, 2026, covering 5,519 nautical miles.

In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft used six airports in three countries and flew about 31,398 nautical miles. The most common destinations in a tracking window from August 29 to November 14, 2026, were Van Nuys with 14 landings, Luton with three landings, and Los Angeles with three landings.

The flight ended at the home base, and the aircraft had been on the ground for about one hour before this trip, following a previous landing at Los Angeles. The movement itself is routine for a jet that has made this short California leg dozens of times. No news reports tied Kim Kardashian to a specific event near Van Nuys on this date.

The aircraft is now on the ground at Van Nuys, and the tracking data will continue to log its next movement.