Starbucks Gulfstream G650ER N19HS lands in Tokyo after flight from Bengaluru

Starbucks's Gulfstream G650ER, tail number N19HS, landed at Tokyo Haneda International Airport on Friday, October 23, 2026. The aircraft departed from Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru in India at 12:29 UTC and arrived at 19:22 UTC. The flight took 6 hours and 53 minutes.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 3,591 nautical miles, or 4,132 miles. The aircraft averaged a ground speed of 522 knots, reaching a top speed of 611 knots and a highest altitude of 41,125 feet. Our estimate puts fuel burned at about 3,232 US gallons, producing about 31,052 kilograms of CO2. The Gulfstream G650ER is an ultra-long-range jet with a range of 7,500 nautical miles, seating for up to 19 passengers, and a ceiling of 51,000 feet.

This is the first tracked landing at Tokyo by any of Starbucks's aircraft in the window from July 27 to October 20, 2026. Starbucks's home base is King County International Airport – Boeing Field in Seattle. Usual destinations on file include Seattle–Tacoma, San Francisco, Chicago O'Hare, London Heathrow, Tokyo Haneda, and Dubai International. In the 30 days before this flight, Starbucks's three aircraft completed 20 flights, spending 69.4 hours in the air.

Starbucks Corporation is a global coffee retailer based in Seattle. CEO Brian Niccol has been in the role since September 2024. His contract, which drew media scrutiny, allows him to commute from his home in Newport Beach, California, to the Seattle headquarters using the company's private jets. In 2025, Starbucks scrapped a $250,000 cap on Niccol's personal use of the company jet after a security review recommended he use private aviation for all air travel, as reported by the BBC. The aircraft N19HS is tracked separately from the two corporate G550s and is associated with founder and former CEO Howard Schultz via its tail number, though ownership is not publicly confirmed.

No public events or meetings involving Starbucks were found near Tokyo Haneda at the time of this landing. The flight continues a pattern of long-haul travel for the aircraft, which in the last 30 days visited 18 airports in five countries.

The aircraft used 48 percent of its range on this leg. The departure airport, Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru, has a longest runway of 13,123 feet at an elevation of 3,000 feet. Tokyo Haneda's longest runway is 11,024 feet at 35 feet elevation.

Before this flight, the aircraft had been on the ground for about three days. Its previous tracked landing was at Bengaluru on October 20. In the tracked window from July 27 to October 20, all of the owner's aircraft completed 33 flights. The most common destinations in that window were Seattle with eight landings, Traverse City with three, and Nashville with two.

The longest leg in the last 30 days for any of the owner's aircraft was Seattle to Manila on September 28, covering 5,780 nautical miles. That flight was made by N19HS. Recent flights by the same owner include Hong Kong to Bengaluru on October 20, and a series of flights from Seattle to Anchorage to Hong Kong in mid-October.