Larry Ellison's aircraft makes a short hop from Honolulu to Lanai after a long absence

Larry Ellison's Gulfstream G650, N817GS, was tracked flying from Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu to Lanai Airport on June 28, 2026 — a brief 26-minute inter-island hop covering roughly 60 nautical miles at a maximum altitude of 10,950 feet.

If Larry Ellison was aboard, this would be his first trackable visit to Lanai in over two and a half years. The Oracle co-founder bought roughly 98% of Lanai for $300 million in 2012, but moved his declared primary residence to Manalapan, Florida in May 2023 — a relocation that, per [archive.ph](https://archive.ph/iJtrw), saved him an estimated $1 billion in Hawaii state taxes. Since then, not a single trackable flight from Ellison's three-aircraft fleet has originated or ended on Lanai until this one, per [celebplanes.com](https://www.celebplanes.com/celebrity/larry-ellison).

The timing of the flight is curious but not yet tied to any known public event on the island. Larry Ellison, worth roughly $194 billion and the controlling shareholder of Paramount Skydance, has been deeply engaged in a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery — a deal that per [celebplanes.com](https://www.celebplanes.com/articles/larry-ellison-flight-2340) faced a May 20 deadline. Whether this quick stop signals a property inspection, a business meeting, or simply a refueling layover, the movement alone ends a notable dry spell for Ellison's Hawaiian connections.