Len Blavatnik's Gulfstream G650 N761LE flies 36 nm from Newburgh to LaGuardia

Len Blavatnik's Gulfstream G650, tail number N761LE, flew from New York Stewart International Airport (KSWF) in Newburgh to LaGuardia Airport (KLGA) in New York on Sunday, October 25, 2026. The flight departed at 14:37 UTC and landed at 14:51 UTC, spending 14 minutes in the air. The great-circle distance between the two airports is 36 nautical miles, or 42 miles.

The Gulfstream G650, which holds more than 110 speed records and was launched in 2005, used only 1 percent of its range on this 14-minute hop. The aircraft climbed to a highest altitude of 2,425 feet and reached a top ground speed of 268 knots. Its average ground speed for the trip was 159 knots. Celebplanes estimates the flight burned about 99 US gallons of jet fuel, producing about 947 kilograms of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 2,343 miles. The Gulfstream G650 is an Ultra Long Range jet with a range of 7,000 nautical miles, a top speed of Mach 0.925, and a ceiling of 51,000 feet. It typically seats 12 passengers and can carry up to 19.

This was the first tracked landing at LaGuardia in the window from August 30 to October 25, 2026. The previous landing at the same airport was on September 28, 27 days earlier. In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft visited 11 airports in one country and flew about 10,705 nautical miles. The longest leg in that period was from White Plains to Santa Barbara on September 28, covering 2,203 nautical miles. The most common destinations in the tracked window were Newburgh, Teterboro, and Van Nuys, each with six, five, or four landings. A Bombardier Global 7500 linked to Reliance Industries landed at LaGuardia about two hours before this flight.

Len Blavatnik is the founder of Access Industries, a holding company that controls most of Warner Music Group. LaGuardia Airport is about 8 miles from midtown Manhattan, where Warner Music Group is based. The flight arrived on a Sunday, a day when business travel is less common. No public events or court dates tied to Blavatnik or his companies were scheduled for this date in the New York area.

The aircraft had been on the ground for about four days before this flight, following a previous tracked landing at Newburgh on October 21. That same week, the jet flew a series of short hops in the Northeast, including Philadelphia to Newburgh and Allentown to Philadelphia. The pattern of short trips in the region is consistent with the aircraft's recent activity. The flight is a routine movement of a private jet.

The aircraft's departure airport, New York Stewart International, has a longest runway of 11,817 feet at an elevation of 491 feet. LaGuardia's longest runway is 7,002 feet at 21 feet elevation. In the 30 days before this flight, the jet flew 16 flights totaling 26.5 hours in the air, producing an estimated 109,437 kilograms of CO2.

The same week, the jet flew a series of short hops: Philadelphia to Newburgh (30 minutes, 89 nautical miles), Allentown to Philadelphia (26 minutes, 39 nautical miles), and Philadelphia to Allentown (18 minutes, 39 nautical miles). On October 14, it flew from Van Nuys to Newburgh in 4 hours 13 minutes covering 2,126 nautical miles.