Gulfstream V
N878DB · ICAO: AC145B · Heavy jet

Co-founder of PayPal; Co-founder and Chairman of Palantir Technologies; Partner at Founders Fund. Net worth ~$27.5B. Early investor in Facebook, LinkedIn, Yelp, SpaceX, Airbnb, Stripe, Anduril, OpenAI, Rumble. Moved primary residence from SF to LA in early 2018. $12M Buenos Aires mansion (2024–25); reported (unverified) Maui and New Zealand properties.
DISCREPANCY: N878DB is verified as a Gulfstream V, not a G550. S/N 5167, built 2007, hex AC145B, registered through Thorondor LLC (Tolkien's King of Eagles). Not flown since late 2024; parked at Leadville Airport (LXV), Colorado as of May 2026.
Home airports: LAX, SFO, SJC. Frequent destinations: Hawaii (Lihue — repeated trips), Florida (Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale), New York (Teterboro), Texas (Waco), Michigan (Oakland County), Georgia (Savannah — maintenance), Mexico (Puerto Vallarta). 83 tracked flights, ~1,454 metric tons CO₂.
Total flights
11
Total CO₂
118.1t
Flight hours
30h
N878DB · ICAO: AC145B · Heavy jet
Peter Thiel flies a Gulfstream V (registration N878DB). Live tracking, full flight history, and CO₂ emissions for each aircraft are available on this page.
Peter Thiel's private jet tail number is N878DB (a Gulfstream V). Each registration links to the live tracking page with full flight history, fuel burn and CO₂ emissions on Celebplanes.
Peter Thiel's Gulfstream V (N878DB) burns roughly 410 gallons of Jet-A per hour, which converts to about 3,939 kg of CO₂ per flight hour — equivalent to roughly 9,749 miles of average passenger-car driving.
Peter Thiel's home base is Los Angeles Intl (KLAX / LAX), with frequent destinations including PHLI, KPBI, KFXE, KTEB.
Across 11 tracked flights (30 flight hours) on Celebplanes, Peter Thiel's aircraft have emitted approximately 118.1t 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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