Eric Schmidt's Gulfstream G650ER N652WE Logged 106 Hours Over 50 Tracked Flights, Emitting an Estimated 476.4 Tonnes of CO₂
Why It MattersPublic ADS-B and registry tracking now lets outside observers quantify individual business jets' emissions, adding reputational scrutiny to large-cabin ultra-long-range owners even where ownership sits behind companies.
A flight-tracking profile of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt identifies one private jet linked to him: a Gulfstream G650ER with tail number N652WE. Owner matches are drawn from the FAA registry and public ADS-B signals, and the tracker notes it follows the plane, not Schmidt in person.
Over the last 50 completed flights tracked, the aircraft spent about 106 hours in the air. The tracker estimates those flights produced 476.4 metric tons of CO₂. It calculates this by taking flight times from public ADS-B data, multiplying each hour by the manufacturer's fuel-burn figure, and applying the EPA standard of 9.57 kg of CO₂ per gallon of jet fuel. On that basis the G650ER burns roughly 470 gallons of jet fuel an hour, equal to about 4,515 kg of CO₂ per flight hour.
The G650ER can fly 7,500 nautical miles without stopping and seats up to 19 people. A new G650ER lists for about $78 million before options and cabin fit-out, according to mid-2026 market figures that the tracker says are not an appraisal of this aircraft. The profile says Schmidt's jet ranked at the top of published private-jet CO₂ emission lists in 2023 and 2024. The ADS-B data behind the log shows only where the plane flew; a jet held through an undisclosed company or chartered would not appear.
