Rick Caruso's Gulfstream G650ER N1759C flies 17 nm from Los Angeles to Van Nuys

Rick Caruso's Gulfstream G650ER, tail number N1759C, flew from Los Angeles International Airport (KLAX) to Van Nuys Airport (KVNY) on Tuesday, November 10, 2026. The aircraft departed Los Angeles at 01:39 UTC and landed at Van Nuys at 01:56 UTC. The flight lasted 18 minutes.

The Gulfstream G650ER reached a top ground speed of 253 knots during the 18-minute hop. Los Angeles International Airport has a longest runway of 12,894 feet at an elevation of 125 feet. Van Nuys Airport's longest runway is 8,001 feet at an elevation of 802 feet.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 17 nautical miles, or 19 miles. The aircraft averaged 57 knots ground speed and reached a highest altitude of 4,950 feet. Our estimate puts fuel burned at about 138 US gallons and CO2 output at about 1,327 kilograms, roughly the same as driving a car 3,284 miles. The Gulfstream G650ER is an ultra-long-range jet with a range of 7,500 nautical miles, a top speed of Mach 0.925, a ceiling of 51,000 feet, and seating for up to 19 passengers.

This was the third landing at Van Nuys in the tracked window, with the previous one on November 7, 2026. Van Nuys is the home base on file for N1759C. In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft visited six airports in two countries and flew about 13,459 nautical miles. Other aircraft that landed at Van Nuys in the 24 hours before this landing included Dr. Phil's Gulfstream IV SP, Steve Tisch's Gulfstream G500, MGM Resorts' Embraer Legacy 500, Diane von Furstenberg's Gulfstream G550, and a Caesars Gulfstream V.

In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft logged 7 tracked flights totaling 35.7 hours in the air, with an estimated 161,183 kilograms of CO2 output. The longest leg in that window was from Luton, Luton to San Francisco on November 7, 2026, covering 4,636 nautical miles. The most common destination in that period was Van Nuys, with 2 landings.

Rick Caruso is a Los Angeles real estate developer whose company, Caruso, built outdoor shopping centers such as The Grove and the Americana at Brand, and owns the Rosewood Miramar Beach hotel in Montecito. He served on the city's police and water boards and ran for mayor of Los Angeles in 2022. A web search did not turn up a specific public appearance or event tied to Caruso at Van Nuys on this date.

Recent flights by the same owner include a November 7 trip from San Francisco to Van Nuys, 278 nautical miles in 1 hour 12 minutes, and a November 7 flight from Luton, Luton to San Francisco, 4,636 nautical miles in 10 hours 12 minutes.

The aircraft is a 2015 model, serial number 6163, and the FAA lists TVPX Aircraft Solutions as trustee in North Salt Lake, Utah. Spotter photos of this tail are captioned Caruso, but the registry does not name the real owner. This flight ended at the home base after a short hop from Los Angeles.