Gulfstream G650
N709DS · ICAO: A97659 · Heavy jet

Former CEO of Microsoft (2000–2014); current owner of the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers. Net worth ~$143–166B, surging past Bill Gates in 2024. Receives roughly $1B annually in Microsoft dividends. Largest individual Microsoft shareholder (~4%). Hunts Point WA waterfront mansion (1987 purchase $1.325M, now $12M+); $9.8M neighbouring purchase Dec 2019. Whidbey Island compound (10 parcels). Ballmer Group philanthropic LLC has donated $6.5B+.
N709DS is a 2017 Gulfstream G650 (S/N 6285, hex A97659) through CBAIR LLC.
Base: Seattle / Hunts Point (BFI). Most frequent destination: Los Angeles (LAX, VNY, LGB) — reflecting Clippers ownership. Also Las Vegas, Portland, Denver, Sun Valley (Allen & Co. conference), Detroit area, and Kona, Hawaii. His G650 is among the most-tracked celebrity jets — 421,000+ miles, 5,000+ metric tons CO₂.
Total flights
4
Total CO₂
42.7t
Flight hours
10h
N709DS · ICAO: A97659 · Heavy jet
Steve Ballmer flies a Gulfstream G650 (registration N709DS). Live tracking, full flight history, and CO₂ emissions for each aircraft are available on this page.
Steve Ballmer's private jet tail number is N709DS (a Gulfstream G650). Each registration links to the live tracking page with full flight history, fuel burn and CO₂ emissions on Celebplanes.
Steve Ballmer's Gulfstream G650 (N709DS) burns roughly 460 gallons of Jet-A per hour, which converts to about 4,419 kg of CO₂ per flight hour — equivalent to roughly 10,938 miles of average passenger-car driving.
Steve Ballmer's home base is King County Intl / Boeing Field (KBFI / BFI), with frequent destinations including KLAX, KVNY, KLGB, KLAS.
Across 4 tracked flights (10 flight hours) on Celebplanes, Steve Ballmer's aircraft have emitted approximately 42.7t 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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