SpaceX's Boeing 737-800 lands in Los Angeles days after record IPO

SpaceX's Boeing 737-800 (N154TS) was tracked departing Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport on June 29 at 19:26 UTC and arriving at Los Angeles International Airport at 22:20 UTC, a 2-hour 54-minute flight. The aircraft, a high-capacity employee shuttle registered to Falcon Aviation Holdings LLC at SpaceX's Hawthorne HQ, makes this LAX↔Brownsville run roughly three times a week.

If SpaceX personnel were aboard, they would land in Los Angeles the same week the company completed its record-setting IPO — which raised $75 billion and valued the company at $1.75 trillion, per a report by The Straits Times [straitstimes.com](https://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/spacex-surges-20-in-first-full-day-of-trading-to-add-528-billion-in-value). The timing would suggest a return to headquarters for post-IPO investor meetings, regulatory filings, or internal planning sessions as the company also pursues a $25 billion debt raise, as covered by 24/7 Wall St. [247wallst.com](https://247wallst.com/investing/2026/06/24/elon-musks-spacex-raises-25b-in-debt-less-than-two-weeks-after-record-ipo/).

The flight follows a pattern of near-daily shuttling between Hawthorne and Starbase, where SpaceX is pushing to scale Starship launches. The company's recent pipeline plans and ongoing lawsuits in Texas, reported by Reuters and The Independent, underscore the operational intensity that keeps this 2002 737-800 logging roughly 276 hours annually.