Gulfstream G650ER
N780TW · ICAO: AA9244 · Heavy jet
International Business Machines Corp — founded 1911, ~282,000 employees, market cap ~$200B+. CEO Arvind Krishna since April 2020. HQ at 1 New Orchard Rd, Armonk NY. Major presence in RTP, NY, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, SF, DC; international in London, Paris, Frankfurt, Bangalore, Tokyo, Sydney, Toronto, São Paulo. Research labs in Yorktown Heights, Almaden, Zurich, Tokyo, Bangalore, Melbourne, Haifa.
Fleet of two 2020 Gulfstream G650ERs (~$70M+ each): N780TW (AA9244) directly owned at Armonk HQ and N780RW (AA9212) leased through Banc of America Leasing.
Most restrictive policy studied: 'IBM's security practices provide that all air travel by the Chairman and CEO, including personal travel, be on Company aircraft.' Disclosed personal-travel costs: Krishna $127,722 (2021); Kavanaugh $60,570 (2021); Rometty $237,311 (2019).
Total flights
23
Total CO₂
125.7t
Flight hours
28h
N780TW · ICAO: AA9244 · Heavy jet
N780RW · ICAO: AA9212 · Heavy jet
IBM flies a Gulfstream G650ER (registration N780TW). Live tracking, full flight history, and CO₂ emissions for each aircraft are available on this page.
IBM's private jet tail numbers are N780TW (Gulfstream G650ER), N780RW (Gulfstream G650ER). Each registration links to the live tracking page with full flight history, fuel burn and CO₂ emissions on Celebplanes.
IBM's Gulfstream G650ER (N780TW) 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.
IBM's home base is Westchester County (Armonk) (KHPN / HPN), with frequent destinations including KIAD, KRDU, KAUS, KSFO.
Across 23 tracked flights (28 flight hours) on Celebplanes, IBM's aircraft have emitted approximately 125.7t 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.
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