Gulfstream G500
N627JW · ICAO: A8311B · Heavy jet
Fuel burn
380 gal/hr
CO₂ per hour
3,650 kg
Car miles equiv.
9,036
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John W. Henry
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John W. Henry, born 1949, made his money in trend-following futures: John W. Henry & Company, founded in 1981 and run out of Boca Raton, was among the largest managed-futures firms in the world before he returned outside capital and wound it down in 2012. He bought the Boston Red Sox in 2002 and broke the franchise's 86-year title drought two years later, added Liverpool FC in 2010, and holds both inside Fenway Sports Group alongside NESN, RFK Racing and a stake in the Pittsburgh Penguins. Net-worth estimates put him around $6B.
N627JW is a 2022 Gulfstream G500 (GVII-G500, S/N 72110, hex A8311B), registered to Algonquin Aviation LLC at 433 Plaza Real, Boca Raton. The registry names the company and no individual, so the tie to Henry is inference rather than record: Boca Raton is where John W. Henry & Company was always based, and the tail carries his initials. Planespotters files the airframe under Algonquin Aviation with no owner label attached. Treat the attribution accordingly — it is the same press-and-inference standard as most of this roster, not the registry-level confirmation that a named registrant would give.
His 66-metre yacht Elysian is tracked separately by our sister site, so the profile carries both hulls and airframe.
Boca Raton is the registered base and the likely winter anchor, with Boston the obvious counterweight in season and Liverpool the transatlantic leg. None of that is observed yet — this is a new entry with no tracked flights, so the map will populate from ADS-B rather than from expectation.
Note · Celebplanes tracks John W. Henry's registered aircraft — not John W. Henry personally. ADS-B data shows when and where the plane moved; who was aboard any given flight is unknown.
Home base
Boca Raton Airport (KBCT · BCT)
Jets & yachts map
Where John W. Henry's aircraft has flown — each dot is a recorded position. Anchor markers are the yacht at its last AIS position, so you can see hull and airframe on one plate.
John W. Henry's fleet (1 aircraft)
John W. Henry at sea (1 vessel)
Our sister site Celebyachts tracks this yacht by AIS, the maritime equivalent of the ADS-B broadcast this site follows.
Elysian
Under wayLürssen · 2014 · Cayman Islands
Currently
Ligurean Sea
43.78°N, 7.91°E
Last AIS fix
3 minutes ago
Length
66 m (217 ft)
Vessel data and positions from John W. Henry 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.
Flight history — no flights yet
No flights recorded yet
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About John W. Henry's private jet
What private jet does John W. Henry own?
John W. Henry flies a Gulfstream G500 (registration N627JW). Live tracking, full flight history, and CO₂ emissions for each aircraft are available on this page.
What is John W. Henry's private jet tail number?
John W. Henry's private jet tail number is N627JW (a Gulfstream G500). Each registration links to the live tracking page with full flight history, fuel burn and CO₂ emissions on Celebplanes.
How much CO₂ does John W. Henry's jet emit per hour?
John W. Henry's Gulfstream G500 (N627JW) burns roughly 380 gallons of Jet-A per hour, which converts to about 3,650 kg of CO₂ per flight hour — equivalent to roughly 9,036 miles of average passenger-car driving.
Where does John W. Henry fly out of?
John W. Henry's home base is Boca Raton Airport (KBCT / BCT).
Does John W. Henry own a yacht?
Yes. John W. Henry is publicly associated with 1 tracked vessel: Elysian (66 m). Elysian was last reported in the Ligurean Sea 3 minutes ago. Live AIS positions and full vessel details are on our sister site Celebyachts.
Is it legal to track John W. Henry's jet?
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.
Attributions derived from FAA registry + ADSB Exchange + SEC filings; may be incomplete or outdated. Methodology · Report an error. Observational use only.