Rory McIlroy's Gulfstream G650ER returns to West Palm Beach from Cleveland

Rory McIlroy's Gulfstream G650ER, tail number N1989R, flew from Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland to President Donald J. Trump International Airport in West Palm Beach on Friday, October 23, 2026. The aircraft departed at 13:45 UTC and landed at 15:46 UTC, spending 2 hours and 1 minute in the air. The flight covered a great-circle distance of 894 nautical miles, or 1,029 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. During the flight, the aircraft reached a highest altitude of 47,025 feet and a top ground speed of 563 knots. Celebplanes estimates the flight burned about 948 US gallons of fuel and produced about 9,105 kilograms of carbon dioxide, roughly the same as driving a car 22,538 miles.

The flight used about 12 percent of the aircraft's range. Average ground speed was 443 knots. Cleveland's Burke Lakefront Airport has a longest runway of 6,604 feet at an elevation of 583 feet. West Palm Beach's runway is 10,001 feet long at 19 feet elevation.

This was the 11th tracked landing at West Palm Beach for N1989R in the current tracking window, and the first since October 10, 2026, 13 days earlier. 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 25,226 nautical miles. The longest leg in that period was a 5,791 nautical mile flight from Singapore to Anchorage on October 20. Other tracked aircraft that landed at West Palm Beach in the 24 hours before this landing include a Dominion Energy Gulfstream G450, a Michael Jordan Gulfstream G650ER, and an Altria Gulfstream G600.

In the 30 days before this flight, N1989R flew 17 flights, spending 54.2 hours in the air. Celebplanes estimates those flights produced about 244,828 kilograms of carbon dioxide. The aircraft's most common destinations in the current tracking window were West Palm Beach with 10 landings, Cleveland with 6, and Farnborough, Hampshire with 3.

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. West Palm Beach is the airport closest to his home, and he frequently flies in and out of it. No public events or appearances tied to Rory McIlroy or his organisation were found near West Palm Beach on this date.

Recent flights by the same owner include a 6-hour 38-minute trip from West Palm Beach to Belfast on October 12, an 8-hour 34-minute leg from Belfast to New Delhi on the same day, and a 5-hour 12-minute flight from Anchorage to Cleveland on October 20.

The flight ended at the aircraft's home base after a two-day layover in Cleveland. The Gulfstream G650ER continues its regular pattern of shuttling between McIlroy's Florida home and other destinations.