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Marc Anthony's Gulfstream G550 N513MA lands at Tampa after a 36-minute hop from Miami
The 173 nm flight from Miami-Opa Locka Executive to Tampa International on November 11 took 36 minutes.
By celebplanes · 3 min read · Marc Anthony

Marc Anthony
Marc Anthony's Gulfstream G550, tail number N513MA, flew from Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport (KOPF) to Tampa International Airport (KTPA) on Wednesday, November 11, 2026. The aircraft departed at 11:12 UTC and landed at 11:48 UTC, spending 36 minutes in the air. The flight covered a great-circle distance of 173 nm (199 miles) at an average ground speed of 288 kt.
The aircraft reached a highest altitude of 22,025 ft and a top ground speed of 405 kt. Our estimate puts the fuel burned at about 258 US gallons, producing about 2,482 kg (2.5 metric tons) of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 6,143 miles. The Gulfstream G550 is an ultra-long-range jet with a range of 6,750 nm, a ceiling of 51,000 ft, and seating for up to 19 passengers.


This was the first tracked landing at Tampa International Airport for N513MA in our tracking window of 40 flights from September 27 to November 9, 2026. The aircraft's home base is Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport, and its usual destinations include San Juan, Las Vegas, Teterboro, Mexico City, Madrid, and Los Angeles. In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft visited 23 airports in 6 countries and flew about 20,165 nm. Other tracked aircraft at Tampa in the 24 hours before this landing included Andretti Autosport's Dassault Falcon 2000, which landed about 14 hours earlier.
Marc Anthony is a Puerto Rican-American singer, songwriter, and producer, the best-selling tropical salsa artist in history with more than 30 million records sold. He has won three Grammy Awards and seven Latin Grammys, and he is the founder of Magnus Media, a company that handles music, sports management, and content. He is also a minority owner of the Miami Dolphins. Tampa is about 173 nm northwest of the aircraft's home base at Opa-Locka. If Marc Anthony was aboard, the purpose of the short flight is not publicly documented.
The Gulfstream G550 is a GV-SP type, with more than 617 in operation worldwide. Its top speed is Mach 0.885, or 488 knots. The flight used about 3 percent of the aircraft's total range. Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport has a longest runway of 8,002 feet at an elevation of 8 feet. Tampa International Airport's longest runway is 11,002 feet at 26 feet elevation.
The flight ended a 36-hour stay on the ground after a previous tracked landing at Miami on November 9. The aircraft's longest leg in the 30 days before this flight was from Asunción to Miami on November 3, covering 3,345 nm. In that 30-day period, the aircraft flew 27 flights, totaling 57.6 hours in the air, and produced about 238,017 kg of CO2.
In the tracked window before this flight, the aircraft's most common destinations were Miami with 11 landings, Teterboro with 3 landings, and Boca Raton with 2 landings. Recent flights by the same owner included a trip from Basseterre to Miami on November 7 covering 1,086 nm, and a flight from Miami to Virgin Gorda the same day covering 977 nm.
Gulfstream G550 exterior and cabin layout


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