Michael Jordan's Gulfstream G650ER N236MJ flies from Indiantown to Portland

Michael Jordan's Gulfstream G650ER, tail number N236MJ, flew from Indiantown Airport in Florida to Portland International Airport in Oregon on Monday, November 9, 2026. The aircraft departed at 20:37 UTC and landed at 02:14 UTC the next day, spending 5 hours 37 minutes in the air.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 2,292 nautical miles, or 2,637 miles. The aircraft averaged a ground speed of 408 knots and reached a top speed of 477 knots at a highest altitude of 45,025 feet. Our estimates show the flight burned about 2,638 US gallons of Jet-A fuel, producing roughly 25,339 kilograms of CO2, about the same as driving a car 62,721 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 marked the second tracked landing at Portland for N236MJ in our window. The previous landing at Portland was on October 5, 2026, 35 days before this flight. The home base on file is President Donald J. Trump International Airport in West Palm Beach, where the aircraft has landed 12 times in our tracking window. In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft visited six airports in two countries, flying about 2,267 nautical miles. The longest leg in that period was from Anniston to West Palm Beach on October 25, covering 514 nautical miles.

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 Jupiter, Florida, where he owns two estates inside The Bear's Club. The aircraft's custom silver-and-black elephant-print livery, inspired by the Air Jordan 3, was first filmed at Palm Beach International Airport in October 2024, as reported by Business Insider.

In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft completed seven tracked flights totaling 6.9 hours in the air. Those flights produced an estimated 30,946 kilograms of CO2. The most common destinations in that window were West Palm Beach with 12 landings and Lisbon with two landings. The aircraft had been on the ground in Indiantown for about two hours before this trip.

The aircraft used 31 percent of its maximum range on this leg. The departure runway at Indiantown is 6,300 feet long at an elevation of 30 feet. The arrival runway at Portland International is 11,000 feet long at an elevation of 31 feet. The distance from the home base in West Palm Beach to Portland is 2,316 nautical miles.

In the tracked window from June 3 to November 9, 2026, the aircraft completed 33 flights. Before this trip, the plane flew from West Palm Beach to Indiantown on November 9, covering 29 nautical miles in 17 minutes. Other recent flights include a trip from Tampa to West Palm Beach on October 22, covering 151 nautical miles in 41 minutes.

This flight adds another cross-country leg to the record for N236MJ, which has now visited Portland twice in our tracking window.