Rory McIlroy's Gulfstream G650ER N1989R hops from Seletar to Changi in Singapore

Rory McIlroy's Gulfstream G650ER, tail number N1989R, flew from Seletar Airport in Singapore to Singapore Changi Airport on Tuesday, October 20, 2026. The aircraft departed Seletar at 08:22 UTC and landed at Changi at 08:40 UTC. The flight lasted 18 minutes.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 8 nautical miles, or 9 miles. The aircraft reached a top ground speed of 268 knots and a highest altitude of 3,125 feet. Celebplanes estimates the flight burned about 142 US gallons of fuel and produced about 1,368 kilograms of carbon dioxide. That is roughly the same as driving a car 3,387 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 service ceiling of 51,000 feet. It can seat up to 19 passengers.

This was the first tracked landing at Singapore Changi for N1989R in the current tracking window. The aircraft's home base is President Donald J. Trump International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida. In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft visited 10 airports in 6 countries and flew about 20,540 nautical miles. The longest leg in that period was a 3,801 nautical mile flight from Belfast to New Delhi on October 12, 2026. Before this flight, the aircraft had been on the ground at Seletar for about 33 hours.

Rory McIlroy is a Northern Irish professional golfer on the PGA Tour. He has won five major championships, including the 2014 Masters, two US PGA Championships, the 2014 Open Championship, and the 2025 Masters, which completed his career grand slam. He also serves as a PGA Tour Player Director and lives in Jupiter, Florida. No public events or appearances tied to Rory McIlroy or his organisation were found near Singapore Changi Airport on this date.

The short hop between Seletar and Changi is a routine repositioning flight. The aircraft remains in Singapore, a region it has visited in recent days.

The aircraft's average ground speed on this hop was 26 knots. Seletar Airport's longest runway is 6,023 feet at an elevation of 36 feet. Singapore Changi's longest runway is 13,123 feet at an elevation of 22 feet. The distance from the home base in West Palm Beach to Changi is 9,108 nautical miles.

In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft completed 15 flights, spending 45.8 hours in the air. Celebplanes estimates those flights produced about 206,860 kilograms of carbon dioxide. The aircraft's fuel burn rate is estimated at 470 US gallons per hour.

Recent flights by the same owner include a 2,203-nautical-mile leg from New Delhi to Batu Pahat on October 18, and a 3,563-nautical-mile flight from West Palm Beach to Belfast on October 12. Other recent flights include trips between Cleveland and West Palm Beach, and a short 18-nautical-mile hop from Batam to Seletar on October 18.