Top 50 celebrity jet emitters, 2026

Wherever we have tracked flight hours from the celebplanes database for a celebrity in the year, we multiply those actual hours by the aircraft model's fuel burn (gallons per hour) by 9.57 kg CO₂ per gallon (the EPA combustion factor for Jet-A kerosene fuel). For owners without tracked closed flights yet, we fall back to a 200-hour-per-year industry baseline and label the row "Est." so readers can tell the difference. Real-data rows always rank ahead of estimates, so the ranking surfaces actual prolific flyers rather than whichever owner has the largest fleet on paper.

Rows tagged "Est." use the 200 h/yr industry baseline because no closed flights for that owner have been recorded by celebplanes in the requested year. As soon as a tracked flight closes for that aircraft, the row switches to actual hours and drops the flag. Industry surveys (NBAA, JSSI, Bombardier annual reports) put typical utilisation in the 150-300 hours/year range; 200 is a widely cited median.

Public ADS-B feeds (ADSB Exchange, ADSB.fi, FlightRadar24, airplanes.live) for live tracking, plus FAA registration records and equivalent state registries for ownership confirmation. See celebplanes.com/methodology for full sourcing.