Michael Jordan's Gulfstream G650ER lands at Talladega from West Palm Beach

Michael Jordan's Gulfstream G650ER, tail number N236MJ, flew from President Donald J. Trump International Airport in West Palm Beach to Talladega Municipal Airport in Alabama on Sunday, October 25, 2026. The aircraft departed at 15:28 UTC and landed at 16:40 UTC, spending 1 hour 12 minutes in the air. The great-circle distance between the two airports is 514 nautical miles, or 592 miles.

The aircraft averaged a ground speed of 426 knots and reached a top speed of 493 knots at a highest altitude of 43,000 feet. Our estimates show the flight burned about 568 US gallons of Jet-A fuel, producing roughly 5,453 kilograms of CO2, about the same as driving a car 13,498 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 Talladega Municipal Airport, where the aircraft had not landed in our tracking window before. The home base on file is President Donald J. Trump International Airport in West Palm Beach, where the aircraft has landed 11 times in our tracking window. The previous landing at West Palm Beach was on October 22, 2026, three days before this flight. In the 30 days before this flight, N236MJ visited seven airports in four countries, flying about 13,866 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.

The aircraft used about 7 percent of its maximum range on this 516-nautical-mile trip from West Palm Beach. The departure runway at President Donald J. Trump International Airport is 10,001 feet long at an elevation of 19 feet. N236MJ is serial number 6579, one of the last Gulfstream G650ERs built.

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. The airport has a single runway of 6,032 feet, and the aircraft's custom silver-and-black elephant-print livery was first filmed at this same airport in October 2024, as reported by The Pattern at AeroPattern (aeropattern.com).

In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft completed 10 tracked flights totaling 32.4 hours in the air. Those flights produced an estimated 146,181 kilograms of CO2. The most common destinations in that window were West Palm Beach with 11 landings and Lisbon with two landings. The aircraft had been on the ground in West Palm Beach for about three days before this trip.

The tail number N236MJ is symbolic: 23 for Michael Jordan's jersey, 6 for his six NBA championships, and MJ for his initials. The previous aircraft with that tail number was a Gulfstream G550, sold to a Bank of Utah Trustee in 2024. Michael Jordan's primary residence is Jupiter, Florida, where he owns two estates inside The Bear's Club. He sold his Highland Park, Illinois mansion, which had a Jumpman-logo indoor basketball court, for $9.5 million in December 2024.

This flight adds Talladega to the list of airports visited by N236MJ in the current tracking window.