Phil Knight flies home from central Oregon after weekend in Bend

Phil Knight flew his Gulfstream G500 (N19HT) from The Citadel Airport (61OR) to Hillsboro Airport (KHIO) on the evening of May 21, 2026, a 19-minute hop over the Cascade Range.

The short flight caps a weekend pattern: Knight made multiple trips between Hillsboro and central Oregon this month, including a May 18 round trip logged by flight trackers. The Citadel, a private airstrip near Bend, is close to Knight’s known second home in the area, per past reporting by the Portland Business Journal.

Knight’s personal hangar at Hillsboro — built for about $7.6 million and completed in 2014, per local news reports — sits adjacent to a company hangar. His fleet of two Gulfstreams, a G650 (N1KE) and this G500, are registered through a trust. Knight is known for allowing Nike employees to ride along if plans align, but the brief, unaccompanied hops to central Oregon suggest personal errands or leisure, not corporate business.