Steve Wynn's Gulfstream G700 flies from Las Vegas to Van Nuys in 50 minutes

Steve Wynn's Gulfstream G700, tail number N88WR, departed Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas at 18:12 UTC on Monday, November 2, 2026, and landed at Van Nuys Airport at 19:02 UTC. The flight took 50 minutes. The aircraft climbed to 20,000 feet and reached a top ground speed of 458 knots.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 197 nautical miles, or 227 miles. The flight burned an estimated 371 gallons of fuel and produced about 3.6 metric tons of carbon dioxide. That is roughly the same as driving a car 8,831 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 certified 2023 and has the largest cabin of any Gulfstream, with five living areas. Its estimated fuel burn is 450 US gallons per hour. The departure airport, Harry Reid International, has a longest runway of 14,835 feet at an elevation of 2,181 feet. Van Nuys Airport's longest runway is 8,001 feet at an elevation of 802 feet.

This was the fifth tracked landing at Van Nuys in the tracking window. The previous one was on October 28, 5 days earlier. 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 14 hours after a previous landing in Las Vegas on November 2. In the 24 hours before this landing, other tracked aircraft at Van Nuys included a Gulfstream G650ER linked to Rick Caruso, which landed about 19 hours earlier, and a Bombardier Global 6000 linked to Shaquille O'Neal, which landed about 14 hours earlier.

In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft visited nine airports in one country and flew about 9,850 nautical miles. The longest leg in that period was Teterboro to Las Vegas on October 30, covering 1,935 nautical miles. The distance from the aircraft's home base in West Palm Beach to Van Nuys is 2,026 nautical miles.

Steve Wynn is a former casino and resort developer who built the Mirage, Bellagio, Wynn Las Vegas, and Encore. He resigned as Wynn Resorts chairman and CEO in 2018 amid sexual misconduct allegations he denies and sold his entire $2.1 billion stake. He settled with the Nevada Gaming Control Board in 2023, formally ending his Nevada gaming career. He homesteaded in Palm Beach in 2019 with a $42 million home plus a $12.9 million West Palm Beach property across Lake Worth Lagoon from Mar-a-Lago. Van Nuys is a recurring destination for Steve Wynn, who maintains business and personal ties in Southern California, including art galleries, real estate investments, and connections to the entertainment industry, as noted by celebplanes.com.

On the same day as this flight, the aircraft also flew from Los Angeles International to Las Vegas in 51 minutes covering 205 nautical miles, and from Las Vegas to Los Angeles International in 48 minutes covering 207 nautical miles. A Northrop Grumman Gulfstream G550 landed at Van Nuys about three hours before this landing.

The flight continues a pattern of short hops between Las Vegas and Southern California. In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft made 20 flights totaling 27.6 hours in the air. The flight used about 3 percent of the aircraft's total range.