Steve Wynn's Gulfstream G700 flies from Las Vegas to Palmdale in 41 minutes

Steve Wynn's Gulfstream G700, tail number N88WR, departed Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas at 14:33 UTC on November 1 and landed at Palmdale Regional Airport in California at 15:14 UTC. The flight took 41 minutes. The aircraft climbed to 22,000 feet and reached a top ground speed of 378 knots.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 176 nautical miles, or 202 miles. The flight burned an estimated 307 gallons of fuel and produced about 2.9 metric tons of carbon dioxide, roughly the same as driving a car 7,288 miles. The Gulfstream G700 is an ultra long range jet with a range of 7,750 nautical miles, a top speed of Mach 0.935, and a ceiling of 51,000 feet. It typically seats 12 passengers and has five living areas.

The aircraft is operated through TVPX Aircraft Solutions Inc Trustee. It was previously a Boeing 737 BBJ, then a Gulfstream G550 in 2018, and as of November 2025 is a Gulfstream G700. The G700 has the largest cabin in the Gulfstream lineup, with five living areas, and was certified in 2023.

This was the first tracked landing at Palmdale in the tracking window. The aircraft is based at President Donald J. Trump International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida. Its most common destinations in the recent tracking window were Las Vegas, with 20 landings; Van Nuys, with 4 landings; and Fairfield, with 3 landings. Before this flight, the aircraft had been on the ground for about 43 hours after a previous landing in Las Vegas on October 30.

In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft visited seven airports in one country and flew about 9,051 nautical miles. The longest leg in that period was from Teterboro to Las Vegas on October 30, covering 1,935 nautical miles in 4 hours 49 minutes. The aircraft's estimated fuel burn is 450 US gallons per hour.

Steve Wynn is a former casino and resort developer known for properties including the Mirage, Bellagio, Wynn Las Vegas, and Encore. He resigned as chairman and CEO of Wynn Resorts in 2018 amid sexual misconduct allegations he has denied, and he sold his $2.1 billion stake that year. He settled with the Nevada Gaming Control Board in 2023, formally ending his Nevada gaming career.

Steve Wynn homesteaded in Palm Beach in 2019 for $42 million and owns a $12.9 million West Palm Beach property across Lake Worth Lagoon from Mar-a-Lago. His net worth is about $3 billion. He is an art collector and travels frequently to Las Vegas for art collection, real estate, and personal travel.

The flight continues a pattern of short hops between Las Vegas and Southern California. In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft made 16 flights totaling 24.4 hours in the air. The flight used about 2 percent of the aircraft's total range.