Phil Knight's Gulfstream G500 N19HT lands at Redmond after 26-minute hop from Eugene

Phil Knight's Gulfstream G500, tail number N19HT, landed at Roberts Field (KRDM) in Redmond, Oregon, on Saturday, October 31, 2026, at 00:25 UTC. The aircraft departed Eugene Airport (KEUG) at 23:59 UTC and spent 26 minutes in the air. The great-circle distance between the two airports is 91 nm, or 104 miles.

The aircraft used only 2 percent of its range on this short hop. Eugene Airport's longest runway is 8,009 feet at an elevation of 374 feet. Redmond's longest runway is 7,038 feet at 3,080 feet elevation.

The flight covered 91 nm at an average ground speed of 211 knots. The aircraft reached a highest altitude of 13,025 feet and a top ground speed of 398 knots. Our estimate puts fuel burned at about 163 US gallons and CO2 at about 1,565 kg, roughly equal to driving a car 3,873 miles. The Gulfstream G500 has a range of 5,300 nm, a top speed of Mach 0.925, and can seat up to 19 passengers.

The G500 has a service ceiling of 51,000 feet and a Symmetry flight deck with scaled-down G650 technology. Estimated fuel burn is 380 US gallons per hour. The aircraft spent about 5 hours on the ground before this flight.

This was the 8th landing at Redmond in the tracked window from September 7 to October 31 for the owner's two aircraft. The previous landing at Redmond was earlier on October 31 by the same aircraft. The home base on file for both of Phil Knight's aircraft is Portland Hillsboro Airport (KHIO), which is 109 nm from Redmond. Usual destinations on file include Dublin, Rome, Benbecula, Seattle, Portland, and Reno. In the 30 days before this flight, the two aircraft made 26 flights, spent 61.1 hours in the air, and visited 10 airports in 3 countries.

In the tracked window from September 7 to October 31, the owner's two aircraft made 38 flights. The most common destinations were Portland with 13 landings, Redmond with 8, and Los Angeles with 3.

Phil Knight is the co-founder and Chairman Emeritus of Nike, Inc., with a net worth of about $35.7 billion. He lives in Hillsboro on a property purchased in 2012, and his fleet is hangared at Hillsboro Airport in a 29,000-square-foot facility built in 2014. Central Oregon, where Redmond is located, is home to several golf courses and resorts. Knight has been involved in Oregon business and philanthropy for decades, including over $4 billion donated through the Phil and Penny Knight Foundation.

The aircraft returned to its home base after a brief outing to Eugene. The flight adds to a busy month that included a 4,729 nm leg from Los Angeles to Farnborough on October 7, the longest leg in the prior 30 days.