Phil Knight's Gulfstream G650 N1KE lands at Redmond after 26-minute hop from Hillsboro

Phil Knight's Gulfstream G650, tail number N1KE, flew from Portland Hillsboro Airport to Roberts Field in Redmond, Oregon, on Monday, November 9, 2026. The aircraft departed at 21:50 UTC and landed at 22:16 UTC, spending 26 minutes in the air. This was the second flight of the day for N1KE, which had arrived back at Hillsboro from Palm Springs earlier on November 9.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 110 nm, or 126 miles. The aircraft reached a highest altitude of 15,000 feet and a top ground speed of 428 knots. Our estimate puts fuel burned at about 199 US gallons, producing about 1,912 kg of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 4,734 miles. The Gulfstream G650 typically seats 12 passengers, with room for up to 19. It has a published range of 7,000 nm and a top speed of Mach 0.925, and it can fly as high as 51,000 feet. This flight used only 2 percent of the aircraft's range.

The aircraft burned fuel at an estimated rate of 460 US gallons per hour. The average ground speed for the flight was 254 knots. The departure airport, Portland Hillsboro, has a longest runway of 6,600 feet at an elevation of 208 feet. The arrival airport, Roberts Field in Redmond, has a longest runway of 7,038 feet at an elevation of 3,080 feet.

This was the 11th landing at Redmond by Knight's fleet in the tracked window from September 22 to November 9, and the previous one was just hours earlier, when N1KE arrived from Palm Springs on the same day. Portland Hillsboro is the home base on file for both of Phil Knight's aircraft. The usual destinations on file include Dublin, Rome, Benbecula, Seattle, Portland, and Reno. In the 30 days before this flight, the two aircraft made 33 flights, spent 43.7 hours in the air, and visited 10 airports in 3 countries.

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, Oregon, on a property purchased in 2012, and his two aircraft are 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, and Knight has been involved in Oregon business and philanthropy for decades. No specific event or meeting near Redmond was found in public sources for this date.

In the tracked window from September 22 to November 9, the owner's two aircraft made 39 flights. Redmond was the second most common destination, with 11 landings. Portland was the most common, with 15 landings. The aircraft had been on the ground for about three hours before this flight, following its arrival from Palm Springs.

The aircraft returned to its home base after a brief outing to central Oregon. The flight adds to a busy month that included a 4,491 nm leg from Dublin to Los Angeles on October 15, the longest leg in the prior 30 days.