Magic Johnson's Gulfstream III N32MJ flies from Tillamook to Portland in 17 minutes

Magic Johnson's Gulfstream III, tail number N32MJ, flew from Tillamook Airport (KTMK) to Portland Hillsboro Airport (KHIO) on Thursday, October 29, 2026. The aircraft departed at 01:03 UTC and landed at 01:20 UTC. The flight took 17 minutes.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 73 nautical miles, or 84 miles. The aircraft reached an average ground speed of 255 knots and a top speed of 368 knots. Its highest altitude during the flight was 14,975 feet. The Gulfstream III burned about 137 gallons of Jet-A fuel, producing an estimated 1,314 kilograms of carbon dioxide, roughly the same as driving a car 3,253 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 an estimated 480 gallons of Jet-A fuel per hour. Tillamook Airport's longest runway is 5,001 feet at an elevation of 36 feet. Portland Hillsboro Airport's longest runway is 6,600 feet at an elevation of 208 feet.

This was the eighth landing by N32MJ at Portland Hillsboro Airport in the 30 days before this flight. The previous landing at Portland was on October 28, one day earlier. 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 4,693 nautical miles across 26 tracked flights totaling 23.7 hours. The most common destinations in that period were Bakersfield, with seven landings; Portland, with seven landings; and Mojave, with seven landings. Another tracked aircraft, Phil Knight's Gulfstream G650, landed at Portland about 8 hours before this flight.

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 its previous tracked landing at Tillamook. The aircraft's usual destinations include Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Miami International Airport, Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, and Washington Dulles International Airport.

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 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. The tail number combines his Lakers jersey number 32 and his initials. The flight from Tillamook to Portland used about 2 percent of the aircraft's total range.