Gulfstream G650ER
N1989R · ICAO: A18986 · Heavy jet

Rory McIlroy — Northern Irish PGA Tour pro; 5× major champion (2014 Masters, 2× US PGA, 2014 Open Championship, 2025 Masters — career grand slam complete). PGA Tour Player Director. Lives in Jupiter, FL. N1989R is a Gulfstream G650ER — hex resolved live by registration fallback.
Note · Celebplanes tracks Rory McIlroy's registered aircraft — not Rory McIlroy personally. ADS-B data shows when and where the plane moved; who was aboard any given flight is unknown.
Where Rory McIlroy's aircraft has flown — each dot is a recorded position.
Total flights
46
Total CO₂
423.5t
Flight hours
94h
N1989R · ICAO: A18986 · Heavy jet
Yes. Celebplanes tracks 1 aircraft associated with Rory McIlroy: a Gulfstream G650ER (N1989R). 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.
Rory McIlroy flies a Gulfstream G650ER (registration N1989R). Live tracking, full flight history, and CO₂ emissions for each aircraft are available on this page.
Rory McIlroy owns 1 tracked aircraft: N1989R (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.
Rory McIlroy flies a Gulfstream G650ER — Ultra Long Range class, 7,500 nm range, seating up to 19 (registration N1989R).
Rory McIlroy flies a Gulfstream G650ER (N1989R). 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.
Rory McIlroy's private jet tail number is N1989R (a 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Attributions derived from FAA registry + ADSB Exchange + SEC filings; may be incomplete or outdated.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.
Rory McIlroy's Gulfstream G650ER (N1989R) 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.
Rory McIlroy's home base is Palm Beach Intl (KPBI / PBI), with frequent destinations including EGAA, KAUG, EGLL, KLAS.
Across 46 tracked flights (94 flight hours) on Celebplanes, Rory McIlroy's aircraft have emitted approximately 423.5t 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.