Lachlan Murdoch's Gulfstream G800 flies 47 nm from Teterboro to Trenton

Lachlan Murdoch's Gulfstream G800, tail N888NC, flew from Teterboro Airport in New Jersey to Trenton Mercer Airport in Ewing Township, New Jersey, on Thursday, October 29, 2026. The flight departed at 14:13 UTC and landed at 14:29 UTC, spending 15 minutes in the air. The short hop covered a great-circle distance of 47 nautical miles, or 54 miles.

The aircraft averaged a ground speed of 185 knots and reached a top speed of 266 knots, with a highest altitude of 3,650 feet. The flight used about 1 percent of the G800's 8,200-nautical-mile range. Celebplanes estimates the trip burned about 110 US gallons of fuel, producing roughly 1,053 kilograms of CO2, about the same as driving a car 2,607 miles. The Gulfstream G800 is an ultra-long-range jet that can seat up to 19 passengers and has a ceiling of 51,000 feet.

This was the sixth tracked landing at Trenton Mercer for N888NC since July 2026, and the first since October 11, 18 days earlier. The aircraft had been on the ground at Teterboro for about 43 hours before this flight. Over the past 30 days, the jet visited seven airports in two countries and flew about 22,831 nautical miles. Another aircraft, a Gulfstream G650ER linked to Merck, landed at Trenton Mercer about 19 hours before this flight.

Lachlan Murdoch is the executive chairman of Fox Corp. The company's board approved a $2.5 billion share buyback on October 27, per Reuters, and Fox is scheduled to report quarterly earnings next week, as noted by celebplanes. Trenton Mercer is a common stop for aircraft operating in the New York and Philadelphia region, and the Murdoch family has used the airport before for short repositioning flights.

It follows a pattern of brief hops between Teterboro and Trenton Mercer that the aircraft has made several times since July.

The Gulfstream G800 is the world's longest-range business jet, certified in April 2025. It has a top speed of Mach 0.935, or 516 knots. Celebplanes estimates the aircraft burns about 430 US gallons of fuel per hour. Teterboro Airport's longest runway is 6,997 feet at an elevation of 9 feet. Trenton Mercer Airport's longest runway is 6,006 feet at an elevation of 213 feet.

In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft completed 17 flights, spending 51.9 hours in the air. Celebplanes estimates those flights produced about 214,284 kilograms of CO2. The longest leg in that period was from Sydney (Mascot) to Los Angeles on October 27, covering 6,513 nautical miles. That same day, the jet flew from Los Angeles to Teterboro, a distance of 2,132 nautical miles in 4 hours and 30 minutes.

Since tracking began on July 9, 2026, the aircraft has made 40 tracked flights. The most common destinations in that window were Sydney (Mascot) with 9 landings, Los Angeles with 8 landings, and Teterboro with 6 landings. On October 26, the jet flew from Melbourne to Sydney (Mascot), covering 381 nautical miles in 1 hour and 11 minutes. The next day, it flew from Sydney (Mascot) to Los Angeles in 13 hours and 9 minutes.