Magic Johnson's Gulfstream III N32MJ flies from Mojave to Victorville in 16 minutes

Magic Johnson's Gulfstream III, tail number N32MJ, flew from Mojave Air & Space Port (KMHV) to Southern California Logistics Airport (KVCV) in Victorville on Wednesday, November 11, 2026. The aircraft departed at 21:45 UTC and landed at 22:01 UTC. The flight took 16 minutes.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 56 nautical miles, or 64 miles. The aircraft reached an average ground speed of 208 knots and a top speed of 353 knots. Its highest altitude during the flight was 10,575 feet. The Gulfstream III burned about 128 gallons of Jet-A fuel, producing an estimated 1,232 kilograms of carbon dioxide, roughly the same as driving a car 3,050 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 third tracked landing by N32MJ at Victorville since September 12, 2026. The previous landing at Victorville was on September 25, 47 days before this flight. The aircraft's home base is Van Nuys Airport (KVNY), about 60 nautical miles from Victorville. In the 30 days before this flight, N32MJ visited 8 airports and flew about 3,655 nautical miles across 18 tracked flights totaling 16.3 hours. The most common destinations in that period were Mojave, with 10 landings; Bakersfield, with 8 landings; and Portland, with 7 landings. The longest leg in that period was from Bakersfield to Midland on October 16, covering 869 nautical miles.

Magic Johnson is a five-time NBA champion with the Lakers, a Hall-of-Famer, and the head of Magic Johnson Enterprises, valued at over $1 billion. He is a co-owner of the LA Dodgers, LA Sparks, and Washington Commanders. Victorville is about 60 miles from his home base at Van Nuys Airport, and the Southern California Logistics Airport is a major cargo and maintenance hub in the high desert. No public events or appearances tied to Magic Johnson or his organizations were reported near Victorville on this date.

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. Mojave Air & Space Port has a longest runway of 12,503 feet at an elevation of 2,801 feet. Victorville's Southern California Logistics Airport has a longest runway of 13,052 feet at an elevation of 2,885 feet.

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 US gallons of fuel per hour. This flight used about 2 percent of the aircraft's range.

Before this flight, the aircraft had been tracked on 37 flights from September 12 to November 11, 2026. It had spent about 0 hours on the ground before departing, with its previous tracked landing also at Mojave on the same day. Recent flights by the same owner include a 1-hour-51-minute flight from Mojave to Mojave on November 11, and a 1-hour-9-minute flight from Bakersfield to Mojave on November 10.