Maluma's Gulfstream G450 N94JL flies from the Bahamas to Miami in 46 minutes

Maluma's Gulfstream G450, tail number N94JL, flew from Sampson Cay Airport in the Bahamas to Miami International Airport on Thursday, November 5, 2026. The aircraft departed at 19:53 UTC and landed at 20:40 UTC, spending 46 minutes in the air.

The Gulfstream G450 is an evolution of the GIV with aerodynamic improvements. The aircraft has a certified ceiling of 45,000 feet. The departure airport, Sampson Cay, sits at an elevation of 8 feet. Miami International Airport's longest runway is 13,016 feet, also at 8 feet elevation.

The great-circle distance of the flight was 217 nautical miles, or 250 miles. The aircraft reached a highest altitude of 40,000 feet and a top ground speed of 449 knots, with an average ground speed of 281 knots. Our estimates show the flight burned about 331 US gallons of fuel and produced about 3,184 kilograms of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 7,881 miles. The Gulfstream G450 has a range of 4,350 nautical miles, a top speed of Mach 0.88, and can seat up to 16 passengers.

In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft visited 8 airports in 6 countries and flew about 11,451 nautical miles. The longest leg in that period was Fort Lauderdale to Medellín on October 21, covering 1,237 nautical miles. Recent flights included Savannah to North Eleuthera on November 4 and Medellín to Ponta Delgada on October 30.

This was the first tracked landing by this aircraft at Miami in the 30-day window before this flight. The aircraft had been on the ground for about 28 hours after its previous tracked landing on November 4 at North Eleuthera. In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft made 9 flights totaling 27.0 hours in the air. Other tracked aircraft that landed at Miami in the 24 hours before this flight included Denny Hamlin's Bombardier Challenger 601, which landed about one hour earlier, and a Bombardier Challenger 600 operated by Ferrari of Fort Lauderdale, which landed under an hour earlier.

Miami is a major hub for Latin music events and recording studios, and the artist has performed and worked in the area in the past. A search of recent news did not find a specific public appearance or event tied to Maluma in Miami on this date.

Our tracking shows 27 flights for this aircraft from June 27 to November 4. The most common destinations in that window were Ponta Delgada and Medellín, each with 4 landings, and Fort Lauderdale with 2 landings. The aircraft's estimated fuel burn is 430 US gallons per hour.

The aircraft used only 5 percent of its range on this short hop from the Bahamas to the Florida coast. It remains at Miami International Airport as of the time of this report.