Mark Zuckerberg's Gulfstream G700 flies from Moffett Field to Monterey in 21 minutes

Mark Zuckerberg's Gulfstream G700, tail number N3880, flew from Moffett Federal Airfield in Mountain View to Monterey Regional Airport on Sunday, October 18, 2026. The aircraft departed at 22:30 UTC and touched down 21 minutes later, at 22:51 UTC. The flight covered a great-circle distance of 50 nautical miles, or 58 miles. The aircraft reached a top ground speed of 278 knots and a highest altitude of 7,950 feet.

The 21-minute trip used about 1 percent of the G700's 7,750-nautical-mile range. The aircraft is an Ultra Long Range jet with a top speed of Mach 0.935 and a ceiling of 51,000 feet. It typically seats 12 passengers and can carry up to 19. Celebplanes estimates the flight burned about 160 US gallons of fuel and produced about 1,542 kilograms of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 3,816 miles.

This was the ninth tracked landing at Monterey by one of Mark Zuckerberg's aircraft in the past two months. The previous landing at Monterey was on the same day, October 18, by the owner's other aircraft, the Gulfstream G650ER, tail number N68885. The owner's home base is Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport, which is 47 nautical miles from Monterey. In the 30 days before this flight, the owner's two aircraft made 26 flights totaling 60 hours in the air. The longest leg in that period was a 4,420-nautical-mile flight from Mountain View to Dublin on October 7, flown by this same G700.

Mark Zuckerberg is the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Meta. His primary residence is a compound in Crescent Park, Palo Alto, about an hour's drive from Monterey. He also owns Ko'olau Ranch in Kauai, a Lake Tahoe estate, a Miami property on Indian Creek Island, and a Washington D.C. mansion. Monterey Regional Airport is a recurring stop for his fleet, as documented by celebplanes tracking data.

The flight came on the same day the G700 had already flown from Bedford to Boston and then from Boston to Mountain View earlier in the day. The owner's other aircraft, the G650ER, also made two flights on October 18, including a hop from Los Alamitos to Mountain View.

The G700 is the largest Gulfstream cabin, with five living areas, and was certified in 2023. The aircraft is operated by Solairus Aviation and carries Meta blue-and-white livery through A7P Trust Co Inc. The plane burns an estimated 460 US gallons of fuel per hour.

Monterey Regional Airport has a longest runway of 7,175 feet at an elevation of 257 feet. Moffett Federal Airfield's longest runway is 9,197 feet at 32 feet elevation. The flight's average ground speed was 144 knots.

In the tracked window from August 13 to October 18, the owner's two aircraft made 38 flights. The most common destinations were Mountain View with 13 landings, Monterey with 8 landings, and Boston with 2 landings. The G700 had about zero hours on the ground before this flight, having landed at Mountain View earlier on October 18.