Rory McIlroy's Gulfstream G650ER lands in Anchorage after 5,791 nm flight from Singapore

Rory McIlroy's Gulfstream G650ER, tail number N1989R, flew from Singapore Changi Airport to Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport on Tuesday, October 20, 2026. The aircraft departed at 10:05 UTC and landed at 21:43 UTC, spending 11 hours and 39 minutes in the air.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 5,791 nautical miles, or 6,665 miles. The aircraft reached a top ground speed of 558 knots and a highest altitude of 47,000 feet. Celebplanes estimates the flight burned about 5,474 US gallons of fuel and produced about 52,582 kilograms of carbon dioxide, roughly the same as driving a car 130,154 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 Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport 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 11 airports in 6 countries and flew about 20,548 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 Singapore Changi for about one hour.

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 Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport on this date.

The aircraft's average ground speed on this leg was 497 knots. Singapore Changi Airport's longest runway is 13,123 feet at an elevation of 22 feet. Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport's longest runway is 12,400 feet at an elevation of 152 feet. The distance from the home base in West Palm Beach to Anchorage is 3,435 nautical miles.

The flight from Singapore to Anchorage used 77 percent of the aircraft's maximum range. In the tracking window from July 27 to October 20, 2026, the aircraft made 40 tracked flights. The most common destinations in that period were West Palm Beach with 10 landings, Cleveland with 5 landings, and Farnborough, Hampshire with 4 landings.

Before the long leg to Anchorage, the aircraft made several short flights in Southeast Asia. On October 20, it flew from Seletar to Singapore, covering 8 nautical miles in 18 minutes. On October 18, it flew from Batam to Seletar, 18 nautical miles in 8 minutes, and from Johor Bahru to Seletar, 8 nautical miles in 12 minutes.

On October 18, the aircraft flew from New Delhi to Batu Pahat, a 2,203 nautical mile leg lasting 4 hours and 24 minutes. On October 12, it flew from West Palm Beach to Belfast, covering 3,563 nautical miles in 6 hours and 38 minutes. On October 10, it flew from Cleveland to West Palm Beach, 894 nautical miles in 2 hours and 14 minutes.

In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft completed 16 flights, spending 46.1 hours in the air. Celebplanes estimates those flights produced about 208,228 kilograms of carbon dioxide. The aircraft's fuel burn rate is estimated at 470 US gallons per hour.