Gulfstream G650ER
N652WE · ICAO: A89621 · Heavy jet

Former Google CEO (2001–2011) and former Executive Chairman of Google/Alphabet; reported as Relativity Space CEO in 2025. Net worth ~$30–37.8B. Sold his longtime Atherton home in 2024 ($22.5M) so the primary base is now globally distributed across one of the most expansive real-estate portfolios among tech billionaires (~$600M+).
N652WE is a 2021 Gulfstream G650ER (S/N 6483) registered to a Bank of Utah Trustee. International logged: Bahamas (South Bimini), Grenada, St. Croix, Japan (Kansai), India (IDR), Qatar (Hamad). Domestic: Miami, Teterboro, Van Nuys, Atlanta. Among the most frequently flown celebrity jets — extensive transcontinental and intercontinental use.
Ranked at the top of published private-jet CO₂ emission lists in both 2023 and 2024. Faces 2025 lawsuit attempting to void a December 2024 settlement with Michelle Ritter, alleging rape, assault, harassment, and surveillance.
Note · Celebplanes tracks Eric Schmidt's registered aircraft — not Eric Schmidt personally. ADS-B data shows when and where the plane moved; who was aboard any given flight is unknown.
Where Eric Schmidt's aircraft has flown — each dot is a recorded position. Anchor markers are the yachts at their last AIS position, so you can see hull and airframe on one plate.
Total flights
27
Total CO₂
278.2t
Flight hours
62h
N652WE · ICAO: A89621 · Heavy jet
Our sister site Celebyachts tracks these yachts by AIS, the maritime equivalent of the ADS-B broadcast this site follows.
Lürssen · 2006 · Malta
Turquoise Yachts (NB69) · 2023 · Cayman Islands
Eric Schmidt flies a Gulfstream G650ER (registration N652WE). Live tracking, full flight history, and CO₂ emissions for each aircraft are available on this page.
Eric Schmidt's private jet tail number is N652WE (a Gulfstream G650ER). Each registration links to the live tracking page with full flight history, fuel burn and CO₂ emissions on Celebplanes.
Eric Schmidt's Gulfstream G650ER (N652WE) burns roughly 470 gallons of Jet-A per hour, which converts to about 4,515 kg of CO₂ per flight hour — equivalent to roughly 11,176 miles of average passenger-car driving.
Eric Schmidt's home base is San Jose Intl (KSJC / SJC), with frequent destinations including KOPF, KTEB, KVNY, RJBB.
Across 27 tracked flights (62 flight hours) on Celebplanes, Eric Schmidt's aircraft have emitted approximately 278.2t of CO₂. These figures are calculated from public ADS-B flight times multiplied by manufacturer-published fuel burn × the EPA standard 9.57 kg CO₂/gallon for Jet-A.
Yes. Eric Schmidt is publicly associated with 3 tracked vessels: Oasis (59.4 m), Infinite Jest (75 m), Whisper (95.2 m). Oasis was last reported in the Tyrrhenian Sea 10 hours ago. Live AIS positions and full vessel details are on our sister site Celebyachts.
Attributions derived from FAA registry + ADSB Exchange + SEC filings; may be incomplete or outdated. Methodology · Report an error. Observational use only.
Lürssen · 2014 · Marshall Islands
No AIS signal · 'dark' means no AIS signal is reaching us. It is a fact about receiver coverage, not about the vessel.
Vessel data and positions from Eric Schmidt on Celebyachts. A yacht is attributed by public reporting the same way an aircraft is here — AIS shows where a hull went, not who was aboard.
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