Penny Pritzker's Gulfstream G500 N502P lands at Boston after a short hop

Penny Pritzker's Gulfstream G500, tail number N502P, flew from Chicago Midway International Airport to Boston Logan International Airport on Wednesday, October 21, 2026. The flight departed at 16:10 UTC and landed at 16:15 UTC, spending just 4 minutes in the air. The great-circle distance was 5 nautical miles, or 6 miles. The aircraft reached a highest altitude of 1,150 feet and a top ground speed of 141 knots.

The Gulfstream G500 features a Symmetry flight deck, which is scaled-down technology from the G650. The aircraft burns an estimated 380 US gallons of fuel per hour. Boston Logan International Airport has a longest runway of 10,083 feet and an elevation of 20 feet.

The 5-nautical-mile hop burned an estimated 27 US gallons of fuel and produced about 264 kilograms of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 653 miles. The Gulfstream G500 is a large jet built for long-range travel, with a maximum range of 5,300 nautical miles and a top speed of Mach 0.925. It can seat up to 19 passengers and cruise at 51,000 feet. The aircraft is registered to PSP Capital Partners LLC, Penny Pritzker's investment firm, based in Chicago.

This was the third tracked flight for N502P in the 30 days before this landing, covering about 1,456 nautical miles. The aircraft's home base is Chicago Executive Airport in Wheeling, Illinois. Usual destinations include Chicago Midway, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Boeing Field in Seattle, and Teterboro Airport. In the 24 hours before this landing, other tracked aircraft at Boston included a Bombardier Global 5000 from Stryker, a Bombardier Challenger 350 from Hobby Lobby, and a Bombardier Global 6500 from Dick's Sporting Goods.

In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft logged 3 flights totaling 3.6 hours in the air and produced about 13,093 kilograms of CO2. The longest leg in that period was the Chicago-to-Boston trip on October 21, covering 749 nautical miles. The distance from the home base at Chicago Executive Airport to Boston is 750 nautical miles.

Penny Pritzker is a member of the Chicago family behind Hyatt Hotels and the founder and chair of PSP Partners. She served as US Secretary of Commerce under President Obama from 2013 to 2017 and later as the Biden administration's Special Representative for Ukraine's Economic Recovery. She sits on the Harvard Corporation and is the sister of Illinois Governor JB Pritzker. In September 2026, she joined the Khosla-led group that bought the Seattle Seahawks for $9.612 billion, taking a minority stake. The aircraft was at Boeing Field for the Seahawks' home win over the Chargers.

She was elected to that role in July 2022, becoming the first woman to hold the position. No public event or meeting tied to Pritzker was found for Boston on this date.

The flight adds to the aircraft's recent activity, which included a Chicago-to-Kansas City trip and a New Century-to-Chicago leg earlier in the week.