Peter Thiel flies to St George, Utah, after months-long jet hiatus

Peter Thiel flew his Gulfstream V (N878DB) from Los Angeles International Airport to St George Regional Airport in Utah on the evening of May 23, 2026, a short 68-minute flight covering roughly 380 miles. The trip marks the aircraft’s first active flight since early 2024, according to data on Celebplanes; the jet had been parked at Leadville Airport in Colorado for more than a year.

Why St George? The destination, near the red-rock landscapes of Zion National Park, is not among Thiel’s frequent stops—his tracked flights lean toward Hawaii, Florida, and California. But the area has become a quiet hub for tech investors and libertarian thinkers, and Thiel, a partner at Founders Fund and chairman of Palantir, may have been attending a private retreat or scouting real estate. No public conferences or events were listed for the week.

The flight follows a recent pattern of shorter trips: Thiel shuttled between LAX and SFO on May 20–21, and returned from Honolulu on May 11. With 83 tracked flights and 1,454 metric tons of CO₂ emitted, his Gulfstream V is back in business after a long pause—perhaps hinting at a busier travel schedule ahead.