Embraer Phenom 300
M-ELON · ICAO: 43E9E3 · Light jet

Jim Mellon is a British billionaire investor, author, and philanthropist with a net worth of $1.1 billion, known for his contrarian investment approach across emerging markets, biotech, and uranium. He chairs Burnbrae Group and has written several books on finance and longevity science. A Manx resident, Mellon is one of the Isle of Man's most prominent businessmen and played a key role in establishing the island's aircraft register. His primary aviation base is Ronaldsway Airport on the Isle of Man (EGNS), with frequent flights to London (EGLF Farnborough), Oxford (EGTK), Jersey (EGJJ), Geneva (LSGG), and Dublin (EIDW). Mellon made aviation history by registering the first aircraft on the Isle of Man's M-register in 2007, his Embraer Phenom 300 (M-ELON), which he uses for regular business travel across the UK and Europe.
Note · Celebplanes tracks Jim Mellon's registered aircraft — not Jim Mellon personally. ADS-B data shows when and where the plane moved; who was aboard any given flight is unknown.
Where Jim Mellon's aircraft has flown — each dot is a recorded position.
Total flights
21
Total CO₂
468.8t
Flight hours
349h
M-ELON · ICAO: 43E9E3 · Light jet
Yes. Celebplanes tracks 1 aircraft associated with Jim Mellon: an Embraer Phenom 300 (M-ELON). 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.
Jim Mellon flies a Embraer Phenom 300 (registration M-ELON). Live tracking, full flight history, and CO₂ emissions for each aircraft are available on this page.
Jim Mellon owns 1 tracked aircraft: M-ELON (Embraer Phenom 300). 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.
Jim Mellon flies an Embraer Phenom 300 — a light aircraft (registration M-ELON).
Jim Mellon's private jet tail number is M-ELON (a Embraer Phenom 300). Each registration links to the live tracking page with full flight history, fuel burn and CO₂ emissions on Celebplanes.
Jim Mellon's Embraer Phenom 300 (M-ELON) burns roughly 140 gallons of Jet-A per hour, which converts to about 1,345 kg of CO₂ per flight hour — equivalent to roughly 3,329 miles of average passenger-car driving.
Jim Mellon's home base is Isle of Man Airport (Ronaldsway) (EGNS / IOM), with frequent destinations including EGKB, LEIB, KLAX, VHHH.
Attributions derived from FAA registry + ADSB Exchange + SEC filings; may be incomplete or outdated. Methodology · Report an error. Observational use only.
Across 21 tracked flights (349 flight hours) on Celebplanes, Jim Mellon's aircraft have emitted approximately 468.8t 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.