Pilatus PC-12/47E
N1247E · ICAO: A065E0 · Turboprop jet
Fuel burn
70 gal/hr
CO₂ per hour
672 kg
Car miles equiv.
1,664
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Greg Gianforte Government plane tracker
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Greg Gianforte is the 25th Governor of Montana, inaugurated in January 2021. He made his fortune from the 2011 sale of RightNow Technologies, a cloud CRM company he founded, to Oracle Corporation for $1.8 billion. He won re-election in 2024.
Unlike most governors, Gianforte explicitly declined to use Montana state aircraft and instead uses his personally-owned 2017 Pilatus PC-12/47E (N1247E), registered through Bozeman Technology Incubator Inc. — a Gianforte-linked shell entity. He covers all travel costs personally. In July 2023, he blocked public tracking of the aircraft via the FAA's LADD (Limiting Aircraft Data Displayed) opt-out program, though ADS-B Exchange crowdsources data independently and continues to track it when airborne.
Note · We track Greg Gianforte's planes, not Greg Gianforte in person. Flight data shows when and where each plane flew. It does not show who was on board.
Home base
Bozeman Yellowstone International (KBZN · BZN)
Frequent destinations
KBTMKGTFKHLNKMSOKDCA
Where is Greg Gianforte's plane right now?
We do not see it in the air right now. The last flight we tracked for Greg Gianforte's Pilatus PC-12/47E (N1247E) landed at Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport (KBZN) on October 15, 2026. Follow it on the live jet tracker map.
The map shows where Greg Gianforte's plane has flown. Each dot is a recorded position.
How much CO₂ do Greg Gianforte's plane flights emit?
Over the last 50 completed flights we tracked, Greg Gianforte's plane spent about 69 hours in the air. We estimate those flights put out 46.7 metric tons of CO₂.
Total flights
50
Total CO₂
46.7t
Flight hours
69h
What plane does Greg Gianforte use?
We track one plane for Greg Gianforte: a Pilatus PC-12/47E with tail number N1247E.
Where has Greg Gianforte's plane flown?
These are the last 50 flights we tracked for Greg Gianforte's plane, newest first. Open a flight to see its route map, time in the air, top altitude and speed.
CompletedN1247EOct 15, 2026, 04:09 AMDepartureK8U8 — Townsend AirportArrivalKBZN — Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport
CompletedN1247E
Oct 15, 2026, 04:09 AMDeparture
K8U8 — Townsend Airport
Arrival
KBZN — Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport
Flight path
Duration
8m
Max altitude
13,425 ft
Max speed
303 kts
Arrived
Oct 15, 2026, 04:17 AM
CompletedN1247EOct 14, 2026, 08:21 PMDepartureKBZN — Bozeman Yellowstone International AirportArrival
CompletedN1247E
Oct 14, 2026, 08:21 PMDeparture
KBZN — Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport
Arrival
Greg Gianforte plane FAQ
What plane does Greg Gianforte fly on?
Greg Gianforte flies a Pilatus PC-12/47E. Its tail number is N1247E. You can track it live on this page, along with its flight history and CO₂.
What kind of plane does Greg Gianforte fly?
Greg Gianforte flies a Pilatus PC-12/47E, tail number N1247E. It is a turboprop.
What is Greg Gianforte's plane tail number?
Greg Gianforte's plane tail number is N1247E. The plane is a Pilatus PC-12/47E. Each tail number links to a live tracking page. There you can see the plane's flight history, fuel burn and CO₂.
How much CO₂ does Greg Gianforte's jet emit per hour?
About 672 kg for every hour in the air. Greg Gianforte's Pilatus PC-12/47E (N1247E) burns roughly 70 gallons of jet fuel an hour. That is about the same CO₂ as driving an average car 1,664 miles.
Where does Greg Gianforte fly out of?
Greg Gianforte's home airport is Bozeman Yellowstone International (KBZN / BZN). Frequent stops include KBTM, KGTF, KHLN and KMSO.
How much CO₂ has Greg Gianforte's jet emitted on tracked flights?
About 46.7 metric tons of CO₂ over 50 tracked flights and 69 hours in the air. We start with the flight times from public ADS-B data. We multiply each hour by the maker's fuel burn figure. Then we apply the EPA standard of 9.57 kg of CO₂ per gallon of jet fuel.
Is it legal to track Greg Gianforte's jet?
Yes. The FAA requires planes with transponders to broadcast their position over ADS-B, and the signal is not encrypted. We collect that public data from adsb.lol and ADSB.fi, two open flight-tracking networks. News outlets and university researchers use the same kind of data. Our methodology page explains how it works.
Owner matches come from the FAA registry, adsb.lol (ODbL) and ADSB.fi data, and SEC filings. They may be incomplete or out of date. Methodology · Report an error. For observational use only.