Matt Latimore's Bombardier Global 6000 flies Brisbane to Seoul in nearly 10 hours

Matt Latimore's Bombardier Global 6000, tail number VH-8MR, flew from Brisbane International Airport (YBBN) to Seoul Gimpo International Airport (RKSS) on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. The aircraft departed Brisbane at 12:34 UTC and landed in Seoul at 22:28 UTC. The flight took 9 hours and 55 minutes.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 4,173 nm, or 4,802 miles. The aircraft reached a top ground speed of 535 knots and a highest altitude of 43,025 feet. Based on our estimates, the flight burned about 4,262 US gallons of fuel and produced about 40.9 metric tons of CO2. That is roughly the same as driving a car 101,349 miles. The Bombardier Global 6000 is an ultra long range jet with a range of 6,000 nm and a ceiling of 51,000 feet. It can seat up to 17 passengers.

This was the first tracked landing at Seoul for VH-8MR in the tracking window. Before this flight, the aircraft had not landed at Seoul in any of the 21 tracked flights from July 26 to October 12. The most common destinations in that window were Brisbane, with 8 landings, Seletar with 2, and Adelaide with 2. The aircraft had been on the ground for about 22 days before this flight, since its previous tracked landing at Brisbane on October 12. In the 30 days before this flight, VH-8MR visited 8 airports in 3 countries and flew about 5,317 nm.

The aircraft is a Bombardier Global 6000, originally a Global Express XRS with advanced avionics. Its top speed is Mach 0.89, or 513 knots. On this flight, the average ground speed was 421 knots. The estimated fuel burn was 430 US gallons per hour. Brisbane's longest runway is 11,680 feet at an elevation of 13 feet. Seoul's longest runway is 11,811 feet at an elevation of 59 feet.

Matt Latimore is the founder of M Resources, an Australian mining and logistics company. Seoul is a major business hub in Asia, and South Korea is a key market for Australian resources. A web search did not find a specific public appearance or meeting tied to Matt Latimore or M Resources in Seoul around this date.

The flight used 70 percent of the aircraft's range. It was the longest single leg flown by VH-8MR since the Seletar to Brisbane flight on October 12.

In the 30 days before this flight, VH-8MR flew 9 flights totaling 13.7 hours in the air. Those flights produced about 56,397 kg of CO2, based on our estimate. The longest leg in that period was Seletar to Brisbane on October 12, covering 3,325 nm. Recent flights by the same owner include a 43-minute trip from Old Bar Heritage Airport to Brisbane on October 12, and a 53-minute flight from Brisbane to Forster (Wallis Is) Airport the same day.