Magic Johnson's Gulfstream III N32MJ flies a 28-minute loop from Portland to Portland

Magic Johnson's Gulfstream III, tail number N32MJ, flew from Portland Hillsboro Airport (KHIO) to Portland Hillsboro Airport on Tuesday, October 27, 2026. The aircraft departed at 23:51 UTC and landed at 00:19 UTC, spending 28 minutes in the air. The flight covered a great-circle distance of 53 nautical miles, or 61 miles.

The aircraft reached an average ground speed of 115 knots and a top ground speed of 395 knots, with a highest altitude of 24,925 feet. It burned about 221 gallons of Jet-A fuel, producing an estimated 2,124 kilograms of carbon dioxide, roughly the same as driving a car 5,257 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.

The Gulfstream III is a stretched GII with a NASA-designed wing and winglets. Its top speed is Mach 0.85, or 459 knots. The aircraft burns about 480 gallons of fuel per hour. This flight used about 1 percent of the aircraft's range.

This was the sixth landing by N32MJ at Portland Hillsboro Airport since September 9, 2026. The previous landing at Portland was on October 26, two days before this flight. The aircraft's home base is Van Nuys Airport (KVNY), about 710 nautical miles from Portland. In the 30 days before this flight, N32MJ visited 12 airports and flew about 4,508 nautical miles across 22 tracked flights totaling 21.3 hours, producing an estimated 98,011 kilograms of carbon dioxide. 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 Bakersfield to Midland on October 16, covering 869 nautical miles.

Before this flight, the aircraft had been on the ground for about one hour after a previous tracked landing at Tillamook on the same day. That earlier flight went from Portland to Tillamook, covering 84 nautical miles in 32 minutes. On October 25, the aircraft flew from Bakersfield to Portland, a distance of 635 nautical miles in 1 hour and 47 minutes.

Magic Johnson is a five-time NBA champion with the Lakers, a Hall-of-Famer, and the head of 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. No scheduled public appearance or event tied to Magic Johnson or his organizations was found near Portland 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, which combines his Lakers jersey number 32 and his initials. Portland Hillsboro Airport has a longest runway of 6,600 feet at an elevation of 208 feet.