Magic Johnson's Gulfstream III N32MJ flies from Portland to Tillamook in 32 minutes

Magic Johnson's Gulfstream III, tail number N32MJ, flew from Portland Hillsboro Airport (KHIO) to Tillamook Airport (KTMK) on Tuesday, October 27, 2026. The aircraft departed at 22:01 UTC and landed at 22:33 UTC. The flight took 32 minutes.

Tillamook Airport's longest runway is 5,001 feet, with an elevation of 36 feet. Portland Hillsboro Airport's longest runway is 6,600 feet, with an elevation of 208 feet. The Gulfstream III has a top speed of Mach 0.85, or 459 knots. The aircraft is a stretched GII with a NASA-designed wing and winglets.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 84 nautical miles. The aircraft reached an average ground speed of 156 knots and a top speed of 391 knots. Its highest altitude during the flight was 24,900 feet. The Gulfstream III burned about 257 gallons of Jet-A fuel, producing an estimated 2,473 kilograms of carbon dioxide. That is roughly the same as driving a car 6,122 miles. The Gulfstream III is a large business jet with a range of 3,650 nautical miles, a ceiling of 45,000 feet, and seating for up to 19 passengers.

In the 30 days before this flight, N32MJ flew 21 tracked flights, totaling 20.7 hours in the air. Those flights produced an estimated 95,538 kilograms of carbon dioxide. The aircraft burns an estimated 480 gallons of Jet-A fuel per hour.

This was the first tracked landing by N32MJ at Tillamook Airport since tracking began. The aircraft's home base is Van Nuys Airport (KVNY). In the 30 days before this flight, N32MJ visited 11 airports and flew about 4,424 nautical miles. The most common destinations in that period were Bakersfield, with eight landings; Mojave, with seven landings; and Portland, with five landings. The longest leg in that period was from Bakersfield to Midland on October 16, covering 869 nautical miles. The aircraft had been on the ground for about 44 hours before this flight, following a tracked landing at Portland on October 25.

Earvin "Magic" Johnson is a five-time NBA champion with the Los Angeles Lakers and a Hall-of-Famer. He leads Magic Johnson Enterprises, a company valued at more than $1 billion. He is a co-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Los Angeles Sparks, and the Washington Commanders. Tillamook Airport is about 716 nautical miles from Van Nuys, the aircraft's home base. No scheduled public appearance or event tied to Magic Johnson or his organizations was found near Tillamook on the date of this flight.

The aircraft, a 1982 Gulfstream III registered to Magic Johnson Entertainment Inc of Los Angeles, carries the tail number N32MJ. The tail number combines his Lakers jersey number 32 and his initials. The flight from Portland to Tillamook used about 2 percent of the aircraft's total range.