Gulfstream V N85NV flies from Ibaraki to Tokyo Haneda in 32 minutes

Vinod Khosla's Gulfstream V, tail number N85NV, flew from Ibaraki Airport (RJAH) in Omitama, Japan, to Tokyo Haneda International Airport (RJTT) on Wednesday, October 21, 2026. The aircraft departed at 23:23 UTC and landed at 23:55 UTC, with a time in the air of 32 minutes. This was a short movement between two Japanese airports, covering a great-circle distance of 57 nautical miles, or about 65 miles.

Ibaraki Airport has a longest runway of 8,858 feet and sits at an elevation of 105 feet. Tokyo Haneda's longest runway is 11,024 feet, with an elevation of 35 feet. The Gulfstream V is the first ultra-long-range Gulfstream, with a top speed of Mach 0.885, or 488 knots.

The flight covered just 1 percent of the Gulfstream V's range, which is 6,675 nautical miles. The aircraft reached a highest altitude of 16,875 feet and a top ground speed of 344 knots, with an average ground speed of 105 knots. Celebplanes estimates the flight burned about 233 US gallons of fuel, producing roughly 2,235 kg of CO2, about the same as driving a car 5,533 miles. The Gulfstream V is an ultra-long-range jet that typically seats 14 passengers, up to 16, and has a ceiling of 51,000 feet.

Before this flight, none of Vinod Khosla's aircraft had landed at Tokyo in the tracked window from September 15 to October 21, 2026. His home base on file is Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (KSJC), about 4,500 nautical miles from Tokyo Haneda. Usual destinations include Boeing Field in Seattle, Miami-Opa Locka, Aspen, Austin, Washington Dulles, London Heathrow, and Mumbai. In the 30 days before this flight, his two aircraft made 29 flights, totaling 85.7 hours in the air, with Oakland as the most common destination at 13 landings.

The owner's other aircraft, a Bombardier Challenger 604 with tail number N604SB, was also active around the same time. On October 21, it flew from Augusta to Miami, covering 475 nautical miles in 1 hour and 15 minutes. On October 19, it went from Oakland to Augusta, a 1,965-nautical-mile trip lasting 4 hours and 8 minutes. Both jets are registered to Khosla Ventures LLC.

Vinod Khosla co-founded Sun Microsystems in 1982 and founded Khosla Ventures in 2004. He is a major early investor in OpenAI and lives in Portola Valley, California. In September 2026, Vinod, his wife Neeru, and their son Neal Khosla closed on the purchase of the Seattle Seahawks from the Paul G. Allen estate for $9.612 billion, the highest price ever paid for an NFL team. The arrival at Tokyo Haneda comes after a long trans-Pacific leg: earlier on October 21, N85NV flew from Oakland to Narita, covering 4,411 nautical miles in 11 hours and 10 minutes.

Tokyo Haneda is a major hub for business travel, and the short hop from Ibaraki may have been a repositioning or a connection. No public appearance or event tied to Vinod Khosla or his organizations was found near Tokyo on this date. The flight is one of 36 tracked movements for his two aircraft in the window from September 15 to October 21, 2026.

The Gulfstream V, in service since 1997, remains a workhorse for long-range travel. This flight adds to a busy month that included trips to Seattle, Denver, and Augusta, as well as the long crossing from California to Japan.