Michael Jordan's Gulfstream G650ER returns to West Palm Beach from the Cayman Islands

Michael Jordan's Gulfstream G650ER, tail number N236MJ, flew from Owen Roberts International Airport in George Town, Cayman Islands, to President Donald J. Trump International Airport in West Palm Beach on Monday, October 19, 2026. The flight departed at 15:38 UTC and landed at 16:58 UTC, spending 1 hour 20 minutes in the air.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 449 nautical miles, or 516 miles. The aircraft averaged a ground speed of 337 knots and reached a top speed of 516 knots at a highest altitude of 40,000 feet. Our estimates show the flight burned about 627 US gallons of Jet-A fuel, producing roughly 6,019 kilograms of CO2, about the same as driving a car 14,898 miles. The Gulfstream G650ER is an ultra-long-range jet with a maximum range of 7,500 nautical miles, a top speed of Mach 0.925, a ceiling of 51,000 feet, and seating for up to 19 passengers.

This flight ended at Jordan's home base, President Donald J. Trump International Airport, where the aircraft has landed nine times in our tracking window. The previous landing at West Palm Beach was on October 10, 2026, 10 days before this flight. Before this trip, the aircraft had been on the ground in George Town for about four days, following a flight from West Palm Beach on October 15. In the 30 days before this flight, N236MJ visited seven airports in four countries, flying about 13,710 nautical miles. The longest leg in that period was from Lisbon to Las Vegas on September 30, covering 4,728 nautical miles in 10 hours 46 minutes. Another tracked aircraft, Paul Tudor Jones's Bombardier Global 7500, landed at West Palm Beach about 20 hours before this flight.

Michael Jordan is a six-time NBA champion, five-time MVP, and team owner with a net worth over $1 billion. He co-owns 23XI Racing, which won the 2026 Daytona 500. His primary residence is in Jupiter, Florida, where he owns two estates inside The Bear's Club. The Gulfstream G650ER, serial number 6579, is one of the last produced, and its tail number carries symbolic meaning: 23 for his jersey, 6 for his championships, and MJ for his initials. The aircraft features a custom silver-and-black elephant-print livery inspired by the Air Jordan 3, with a paint job estimated to cost about $500,000.

The flight marks a return to Jordan's home base after a brief trip to the Caribbean.

The Gulfstream G650ER used only 6 percent of its maximum range on this trip. The departure airport in George Town has a runway 7,867 feet long at an elevation of 8 feet. The arrival airport in West Palm Beach has a runway 10,001 feet long at an elevation of 19 feet.

In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft completed eight tracked flights totaling 31.2 hours in the air. Those flights produced an estimated 140,733 kilograms of CO2. The most common destinations in that window were West Palm Beach with nine landings and Lisbon with two landings.