Bombardier Global 7500 N1711M flies Sydney to Canberra in 41 minutes

Mike Cannon-Brookes's Bombardier Global 7500, tail number N1711M, flew from Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport to Canberra Airport on Wednesday, October 21, 2026. The aircraft departed Sydney at 02:26 UTC and landed in Canberra at 03:07 UTC. The flight took 41 minutes in the air.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 128 nautical miles, or 147 miles. The aircraft averaged a ground speed of 186 knots and reached a highest altitude of 28,025 feet. Based on our estimates, the flight burned about 308 US gallons of fuel and produced about 3.0 metric tons of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 7,333 miles. The Bombardier Global 7500 is an ultra long range jet with a top speed of Mach 0.925, a ceiling of 51,000 feet, and seating for up to 19 passengers.

This was the first landing at Canberra for this aircraft since August 5, 2026, 77 days earlier. In the tracked window of 30 flights, Sydney was the most common destination with 9 landings, followed by Amsterdam and Bengaluru with 2 each. Before this flight, the aircraft had been on the ground for about 7 days following its previous tracked landing in Sydney on October 13. In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft visited 8 airports in 6 countries and flew about 19,944 nautical miles.

Mike Cannon-Brookes is the co-CEO of Atlassian, an Australian software company. Canberra is the capital of Australia and the seat of the federal government. It is also home to the Australian Parliament, government agencies, and the headquarters of many national organizations. A web search did not reveal a specific public appearance or meeting tied to Mike Cannon-Brookes or Atlassian in Canberra on this date. If Mike Cannon-Brookes was aboard, the purpose of the trip is not publicly known.

The aircraft's flight history shows it has been used for both long international legs and short domestic hops. This Canberra visit adds another domestic destination to its recent activity.

The Bombardier Global 7500 has a range of 7,700 nautical miles. This flight used only 2 percent of that range. The aircraft's top ground speed on this leg reached 453 knots. Sydney's runway is 12,999 feet long at an elevation of 21 feet. Canberra's runway is 10,771 feet long at 1,886 feet elevation.

In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft flew 8 flights totaling 45.7 hours in the air. Our estimate shows those flights produced about 197,688 kilograms of CO2. The longest leg in that period was Amsterdam to Western Islands on October 8, covering 5,681 nautical miles.

The aircraft has 4 living zones and a 54.4 foot cabin. A Global 8000 upgrade is available. Our estimate puts fuel burn at 450 US gallons per hour.