Paris Hilton's Gulfstream IV N11PH returns to Van Nuys after a short hop from Oakland

Paris Hilton's Gulfstream IV, tail number N11PH, flew from Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport to Van Nuys Airport on Sunday, October 25, 2026. The flight departed at 22:12 UTC and landed at 23:16 UTC, spending 1 hour and 4 minutes in the air. The aircraft, a large-cabin Gulfstream IV, is flagged LADD, consistent with Hilton's high-profile status. The tail number N11PH alludes to her initials.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 278 nautical miles, or 320 miles. The aircraft averaged a ground speed of 261 knots and reached a highest altitude of 31,000 feet. The top ground speed seen during the flight was 488 knots. Based on our estimates, the flight burned about 404 US gallons of fuel and produced roughly 3,882 kilograms of CO2, about the same as driving a car 9,608 miles. The Gulfstream IV has a range of 3,800 nautical miles, a top speed of Mach 0.88, a ceiling of 45,000 feet, and typically seats 12 to 16 passengers.

This was the 11th tracked landing at Van Nuys for N11PH since July 2, 2026. The previous landing at Van Nuys was on October 6, 20 days before this flight. The aircraft's home base is Van Nuys Airport. Its usual destinations include John F. Kennedy International Airport, Teterboro Airport, Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Miami International Airport, London Heathrow Airport, and Charles de Gaulle International Airport. In the 30 days before this flight, N11PH visited 8 airports in 2 countries and flew about 16,681 nautical miles. The longest leg in that period was from Paris to Bangor on October 5, covering 2,826 nautical miles. Other tracked aircraft that landed at Van Nuys in the 24 hours before this landing included a Gulfstream V for Caesars, a Bombardier Global 7500 for Jay-Z and Beyoncé, and a Gulfstream G650ER for Kim Kardashian, all landing about 3 to 4 hours earlier.

Paris Hilton is a socialite, media personality, DJ, podcast host, and entrepreneur. She is a Hilton Hotels heiress and rose to fame with the 2003 reality series The Simple Life. She is credited with pioneering the modern celebrity-licensing model through Paris Hilton Entertainment, which spans fragrance, fashion, and home goods lines generating over $3 billion in lifetime retail sales. N11PH is based at Van Nuys, and the aircraft's frequent routes include New York, Las Vegas, Miami, London, and Ibiza for DJ residencies and fashion weeks. A web search found that Hilton's aircraft has been used for trips to New York during fashion week, as reported by celebplanes.com, and for a return from Aspen, as reported by the Daily Mail.

The flight from Oakland to Van Nuys used only 7 percent of the aircraft's range. It was a routine return to home base after a short trip to the Bay Area.

The Gulfstream IV is a re-engineered GIII wing design, with 862 produced across all variants. The aircraft burns an estimated 380 US gallons of fuel per hour. Oakland's longest runway is 10,520 feet at an elevation of 9 feet, while Van Nuys has a longest runway of 8,001 feet at 802 feet elevation.

In the 30 days before this flight, N11PH flew 10 flights totaling 40.2 hours in the air, producing an estimated 146,774 kilograms of CO2. Two days earlier, on October 22, the aircraft flew from Los Angeles to Oakland in 45 minutes covering 290 nautical miles. On October 5, it flew from Bangor to Van Nuys in 5 hours 47 minutes over 2,348 nautical miles.

Among tracked flights since July 2, the most common destinations for N11PH were Van Nuys with 10 landings, Bangor with 3 landings, and Angle Inlet with 2 landings. Kim Kardashian's Gulfstream G650ER also landed at Van Nuys about 3 hours before this flight.