Paris Hilton's Gulfstream IV N11PH lands in Oakland after short hop from Van Nuys

Paris Hilton's Gulfstream IV, tail number N11PH, flew from Van Nuys Airport to Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport on Sunday, October 25, 2026. The aircraft departed Van Nuys at 20:10 UTC and landed at Oakland at 21:19 UTC. The flight took 1 hour and 9 minutes.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 394 nautical miles, or 454 miles. The aircraft averaged 344 knots ground speed and reached a highest altitude of 34,000 feet. It burned an estimated 436 US gallons of fuel, producing about 4,186 kilograms of CO2. The Gulfstream IV has a range of 3,800 nautical miles, a top speed of Mach 0.88, and typically seats 12 to 16 passengers.

The aircraft reached a top ground speed of 456 knots during the flight. It has a service ceiling of 45,000 feet. The Gulfstream IV features a re-engineered GIII wing, and 862 units of all variants were produced. The estimated fuel burn rate is 380 US gallons per hour.

This was the second tracked landing at Oakland in the past three days. The previous one occurred on October 22, 2026. The aircraft's home base is Van Nuys Airport. Its usual destinations include New York, Las Vegas, Miami, London, and Paris. In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft visited eight airports in two countries and flew about 16,287 nautical miles. Another tracked aircraft, Steve Ballmer's Gulfstream G650, landed at Oakland about six hours earlier.

In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft completed nine flights totaling 39.1 hours in the air. Those flights produced an estimated 142,588 kilograms of CO2. The longest leg in that period was a 2,826-nautical-mile trip from Paris to Bangor on October 5, 2026. The aircraft also flew from Bangor to Van Nuys on the same day, covering 2,348 nautical miles in 5 hours and 47 minutes.

Paris Hilton is a socialite, media personality, DJ, podcast host, and entrepreneur. She is the heiress to the Hilton Hotels fortune and rose to fame with the 2003 reality series The Simple Life. Her licensing empire, Paris Hilton Entertainment, spans fragrance, fashion, and home goods and has generated over $3 billion in lifetime retail sales. The Oakland area is home to several tech and media companies where Hilton could have business meetings, though no specific public appearance was reported for that date. (people.com) has covered Hilton's private jet activities in the past.

The distance from the aircraft's home base at Van Nuys Airport to Oakland is 278 nautical miles. Van Nuys Airport's longest runway is 8,001 feet at an elevation of 802 feet. Oakland's longest runway is 10,520 feet at an elevation of 9 feet.

The flight used only 10 percent of the aircraft's range. The aircraft's tail number, N11PH, is a nod to Hilton's initials. The Gulfstream IV is a large-cabin intercontinental jet capable of nonstop transatlantic flights.