FAA Register Shows No Jet in Nicki Minaj's Name; Gulfstream IV-SP N428KS Tied to Her Owned by Delaware LLC Since 2015

A search of the FAA aircraft database, in its November 4, 2026 release, found no aircraft registered under Nicki Minaj, her legal name Onika Maraj, or company names built from her brands, including Pink Friday, Barbz and Young Money.

The airframe most often tied to her in coverage is N428KS, a 1999 Gulfstream IV-SP, serial 1360. The FAA lists its registered owner as SN 1360 LLC of Wilmington, Delaware, with a certificate issued July 21, 2015. The registration runs to July 31, 2028, and the last FAA action on the record is dated April 18, 2024.

In July 2025, Minaj posted that she had just bought her first jet and that it was all pink, then added the word "Sike." SlashGear tied N428KS to a November 2021 photo of her family boarding a jet with that registration visible. Because the last FAA action predates the post, the registration did not change afterward, and no record of a sale or source for a pink interior was found.

Trade outlet ch-aviation reports the jet flew for NetJets for its first 16 years, later operated under Planet Nine Private Air of Van Nuys, and began flying for National Jets of Fort Lauderdale in November 2024.

The Gulfstream IV family was built from 1985 to 2018; the SP version appeared in 1993 and was later renamed the G400. Listed figures include a range of 4,220 NM, maximum cruise of 488 kt, a 45,000 ft ceiling, and two Rolls-Royce Tay 611-8 engines of 13,850 lbf each. Seat counts vary by fit-out; a charter listing for N428KS shows 13 in one place and 16 in another.

On May 25, 2024, Dutch military police detained Minaj at Schiphol-Oost before a private flight to Manchester. A spokesperson told NL Times a 41-year-old American woman was held for possession of soft drugs.

Minaj said she had not boarded the jet and that the pre-rolls belonged to her security. She was fined and released that night; DutchReview put the fine at €350. Her Co-op Live show in Manchester was postponed.

The case shows how thin the public link can be between a well-known passenger and a specific aircraft. A registration names a legal owner, often a single-purpose company in a state such as Delaware, and says nothing about who flies on board or who pays for the trips. Claims built from a boarding photo or a social post therefore stay circumstantial until a document ties them together.

For charter and fractional segments the same structure is routine. An airframe can pass through a fractional program, a Part 135 operator and a new certificate holder while the owner of record stays unchanged, so the FAA record, the operator's certificate and the charter listing each describe a different relationship to the same aircraft.

The next filing worth checking is any new FAA action on N428KS, since the last one is dated April 18, 2024 and the registration is valid to July 31, 2028.