Oprah Winfrey's Gulfstream G700 flies Mesa to Teterboro in 3h 37m

Oprah Winfrey's Gulfstream G700, tail number N540W, departed Mesa Gateway Airport (KIWA) at 18:53 UTC on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, and landed at Teterboro Airport (KTEB) at 22:30 UTC. The flight took 3 hours and 37 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 1,842 nautical miles (2,120 miles, 3,412 km).

The G700 averaged 509 knots ground speed and reached a highest altitude of 45,025 feet and a top ground speed of 616 knots. The aircraft burned an estimated 1,629 US gallons of fuel, producing about 15,644 kg (15.6 metric tons) of CO2, roughly equal to driving a car 38,723 miles. The G700 is an ultra-long-range jet with a range of 7,750 nm, a top speed of Mach 0.935, a ceiling of 51,000 feet, and seating for 12 to 19 passengers.

The aircraft used 24 percent of its total range on this flight. Mesa Gateway Airport has a longest runway of 10,401 feet and sits at an elevation of 1,382 feet. Teterboro's longest runway is 6,997 feet, with an elevation of 9 feet. The distance from the home base at Santa Barbara to Teterboro is 2,185 nautical miles.

This was the fourth landing at Teterboro in the tracked window of 37 flights since July 14, 2026. The previous Teterboro landing was on September 9, 2026, 62 days earlier. Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (KSBA) is the aircraft's home base, and the most common destinations in that window were Santa Barbara (7 landings), Telluride (5 landings), and Teterboro (3 landings). Other aircraft that landed at Teterboro in the 24 hours before this flight included a PNC Financial Bombardier Challenger 300 about 9 hours earlier, a Fifth Third Bombardier Challenger 300 about 4 hours earlier, a Corning Dassault Falcon 900 about 4 hours earlier, a Len Blavatnik Gulfstream G650 about 4 hours earlier, a Nassef Sawiris Gulfstream G700 about 3 hours earlier, and an Eastman Chemical Gulfstream G450 about 3 hours earlier.

Before this trip, the aircraft had been on the ground for about 35 days. Its previous tracked landing was on October 6, 2026, at Mesa. That day, it flew from Santa Barbara to Mesa in 1 hour and 5 minutes, covering 414 nautical miles. Earlier that same day, it had flown from Seattle to Santa Barbara and from Santa Barbara to Seattle.

Oprah Winfrey is a media mogul, retired talk-show host, and philanthropist with a net worth of about $3.2 to $4.6 billion. She owns 'The Promised Land' in Montecito, California, plus more than 1,000 acres on Maui and a Telluride retreat. Teterboro Airport is a common hub for private flights to New York City and the surrounding region, and Winfrey has a history of flying there for business and personal reasons. No public appearance or event tied to Oprah Winfrey was found near Teterboro on or around the landing date.

Oprah Winfrey is the first Black female billionaire. Her aircraft, N540W, is her sixth to carry that registration. The tail number combines her birth year, 1954, with her surname initial. Earlier N540W aircraft included a Gulfstream IV, Global Express XRS, G550, and G650 or G650ER. The current G700 was delivered in early 2024.

The aircraft is now parked at Teterboro. Its next movement will be tracked when it takes off again.