Magic Johnson's Gulfstream III N32MJ flies a 1-hour 29-minute loop from Tillamook to Tillamook

Magic Johnson's Gulfstream III, tail number N32MJ, flew from Tillamook Airport (KTMK) to Tillamook Airport on Wednesday, October 28, 2026. The aircraft departed at 22:53 UTC and landed at 00:22 UTC, spending 1 hour and 29 minutes in the air.

The great-circle distance between the two airports was 15 nautical miles, or 17 miles. The aircraft reached an average ground speed of 10 knots and a top speed of 401 knots. Its highest altitude during the flight was 25,300 feet. The Gulfstream III burned about 714 gallons of Jet-A fuel, producing an estimated 6,863 kilograms of carbon dioxide, roughly the same as driving a car 16,987 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.

This was the second landing by N32MJ at Tillamook Airport in the 30 days before this flight. The previous landing at Tillamook was on October 27, one day earlier. The aircraft's home base is Van Nuys Airport (KVNY), about 716 nautical miles from Tillamook. In the 30 days before this flight, N32MJ visited 12 airports and flew about 4,678 nautical miles across 25 tracked flights totaling 22.3 hours. The most common destinations in that period were Bakersfield, with seven landings; Portland, with seven landings; and Mojave, with seven landings. The longest leg in that period was Bakersfield to Midland on October 16, covering 869 nautical miles.

Earvin "Magic" Johnson is a five-time NBA champion with the Lakers and a Hall-of-Famer. He leads Magic Johnson Enterprises, a company valued at more than $1 billion, and 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 Tillamook on the date of this flight.

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 Jet-A fuel per hour. Tillamook Airport's longest runway is 5,001 feet, and the field sits at 36 feet elevation.

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 Tillamook to Tillamook used less than 1 percent of the aircraft's total range.

Before this flight, the aircraft had made 38 tracked flights since September 9, 2026. It had landed at Tillamook once before, on October 27. The previous tracked landing before this flight was at Portland. The aircraft then flew from Tillamook to Portland on October 28, a 48-nautical-mile trip lasting 15 minutes.