Michael Jordan's Gulfstream G650ER N236MJ returns to West Palm Beach from Indiantown

Michael Jordan's Gulfstream G650ER, tail number N236MJ, flew from Indiantown Airport to President Donald J. Trump International Airport in West Palm Beach on Wednesday, November 11, 2026. The aircraft departed at 16:52 UTC and landed at 17:13 UTC, spending 21 minutes in the air. The great-circle distance between the two airports is 31 nautical miles, or 35 miles.

The aircraft averaged a ground speed of 89 knots and reached a top speed of 226 knots at a highest altitude of 3,925 feet. Our estimates show the flight burned about 163 US gallons of Jet-A fuel, producing roughly 1,561 kilograms of CO2, about the same as driving a car 3,865 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 the home base on file, President Donald J. Trump International Airport in West Palm Beach, where the aircraft has landed 12 times in our tracking window. The previous landing at West Palm Beach was on October 25, 2026, 17 days before this flight. In the 30 days before this flight, N236MJ visited eight airports in two countries, flying about 6,884 nautical miles. The longest leg in that period was from Portland to Indiantown on November 10, covering 2,306 nautical miles in 4 hours 48 minutes. Another tracked aircraft, a Gulfstream G650ER linked to Goldman Sachs, landed at West Palm Beach under an hour 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 transformed athlete endorsements through the Air Jordan brand and co-owns 23XI Racing, which won the 2026 Daytona 500. His primary residence is in Jupiter, Florida, about 20 miles from West Palm Beach. The aircraft's custom silver-and-black elephant-print livery, inspired by the Air Jordan 3, is estimated to have cost about $500,000. The tail number N236MJ is symbolic: '23' for his jersey, '6' for his championships, and 'MJ' for his initials.

In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft completed 10 tracked flights totaling 17.7 hours in the air. Those flights produced an estimated 79,770 kilograms of CO2. The most common destinations in that window were West Palm Beach with 12 landings, Portland with two landings, and Indiantown with two landings. The aircraft had been on the ground in Indiantown for about 14 hours before this trip.

Michael Jordan's primary residence is in 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 court, for $9.5 million in December 2024. He also owns a yacht named Mr. Terrible.

The previous N236MJ was a Gulfstream G550 that was sold to a Bank of Utah Trustee in 2024. In the tracking window from June 3 to November 10, 2026, the aircraft completed 36 tracked flights.

The Gulfstream G650ER is serial number 6579, one of the last produced. The departure runway at Indiantown Airport is 6,300 feet long at an elevation of 30 feet.