Rory McIlroy's Gulfstream G650ER makes a 10-mile hop from Johor Bahru to Seletar

Rory McIlroy's Gulfstream G650ER, tail number N1989R, departed Senai International Airport in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, at 23:00 UTC on Sunday, October 18, 2026. It landed at Seletar Airport in Singapore just 11 minutes later, at 23:11 UTC. The aircraft was in the air for 12 minutes.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 8 nautical miles, or about 10 miles. The aircraft climbed to a highest altitude of 6,825 feet and reached a top ground speed of 232 knots. Its average ground speed was 43 knots. Celebplanes estimates the flight burned about 91 US gallons of fuel, producing roughly 878 kilograms of carbon dioxide, about the same as driving a car 2,173 miles. The Gulfstream G650ER is an ultra-long-range jet with a maximum range of 7,500 nautical miles, a top speed of Mach 0.925, and a ceiling of 51,000 feet. It typically seats 12 passengers and up to 19.

This was the first tracked landing at Seletar Airport in the tracking window dating back to July 27, 2026. McIlroy's home base is President Donald J. Trump International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida. His usual destinations include Belfast International Airport, Augusta State Airport, London Heathrow, Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Orlando Executive Airport, and Paris-Le Bourget. In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft visited seven airports in four countries and flew about 20,514 nautical miles. The longest leg in that period was a 3,801-nautical-mile flight from Belfast to New Delhi on October 12.

Rory McIlroy is a Northern Irish PGA Tour professional and a five-time major champion, including the 2014 Masters, two US PGA titles, the 2014 Open Championship, and the 2025 Masters, which completed his career grand slam. He serves as a PGA Tour Player Director and lives in Jupiter, Florida. The short hop from Johor Bahru to Seletar does not obviously connect to any known public appearance, tournament, or family event for McIlroy. No news outlet has reported a reason for the aircraft's presence in Singapore or Malaysia on this date.

The flight is a routine movement for a jet that logs long transatlantic crossings and short regional hops alike. The aircraft continues its pattern of shuttling between continents with brief stops along the way.

The departure airport, Senai International, has a longest runway of 12,467 feet at an elevation of 135 feet. The arrival airport, Seletar, has a longest runway of 6,023 feet at an elevation of 36 feet. The distance from McIlroy's home base at West Palm Beach to Seletar is 9,105 nautical miles.

In the tracking window from July 27 to October 18, the aircraft made 40 tracked flights. The most common destinations were West Palm Beach with 10 landings, Farnborough with 5 landings, and Cleveland with 5 landings. The previous tracked landing was at Batu Pahat on October 18, with about zero hours on the ground before this flight.

In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft flew 13 flights totaling 45.5 hours in the air. Celebplanes estimates those flights produced about 205,360 kilograms of carbon dioxide. The aircraft burns an estimated 470 US gallons of fuel per hour.