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).
Note · Celebplanes tracks IBM's registered aircraft — not IBM personally. ADS-B data shows when and where the plane moved; who was aboard any given flight is unknown.
Where IBM's fleet has flown — each dot is a recorded position.
Total flights
49
Total CO₂
400.8t
Flight hours
89h
N780TW · ICAO: AA9244 · Heavy jet
N780RW · ICAO: AA9212 · Heavy jet
Yes. Celebplanes tracks 2 aircraft associated with IBM: a Gulfstream G650ER (N780TW) and a Gulfstream G650ER (N780RW). Every movement is logged from the public ADS-B broadcast, so the flight history on this page is a record of the aircraft, not of who was aboard.
IBM flies a Gulfstream G650ER (registration N780TW). Live tracking, full flight history, and CO₂ emissions for each aircraft are available on this page.
IBM owns 2 tracked aircraft: N780TW (Gulfstream G650ER) and N780RW (Gulfstream G650ER). This is the count Celebplanes can evidence from public registration and ADS-B records; aircraft held through undisclosed entities or chartered rather than owned would not appear here.
IBM flies a Gulfstream G650ER — Ultra Long Range class, 7,500 nm range, seating up to 19 (registration N780TW). 1 further aircraft is tracked on this page: Gulfstream G650ER (N780RW).
IBM flies a Gulfstream G650ER (N780TW). A new Gulfstream G650ER lists at approximately $78 million before options and completion, and pre-owned examples typically ask $45–62 million — indicative mid-2026 market figures, not an appraisal. Actual value turns on airframe hours, engine-programme enrolment and cabin configuration.
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.
Attributions derived from FAA registry + ADSB Exchange + SEC filings; may be incomplete or outdated. Methodology · Report an error. Observational use only.
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 49 tracked flights (89 flight hours) on Celebplanes, IBM's aircraft have emitted approximately 400.8t 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. Every transponder-equipped aircraft broadcasts unencrypted ADS-B position data continuously, by FAA mandate. Celebplanes aggregates this public broadcast from ADSB Exchange, ADSB.fi, FlightRadar24 and airplanes.live — the same sources used by news outlets and academic researchers. See celebplanes.com/methodology for details.