Erdogan's Turkish Presidential Flight logs 19 hours 22 minutes airborne as the 145-flight day closes

Yesterday's tracking closed 145 flights. The largest single figure was 19 hours and 22 minutes of airborne time for Recep Tayyip Erdogan / Turkish Presidential Flight, the top mover and the biggest CO₂ emitter at 161.3 tonnes. Across the tracked fleet, 167,501 miles were flown in 353.6 hours, burning 1,543.7 tonnes of CO₂. The busiest destination was KTEB, Teterboro, New Jersey, with nine arrivals.

The longest single flight by time was a UK Government / Royal Flight movement by G-GBNI, described as a Boeing 777 or similar VIP-configured widebody, from RAF Northolt to London Stansted. It took 13 hours 0 minutes and covered 4,249 miles, and may have been a repositioning or a long-haul leg; no public event was tied to it at press time. Tim Draper's Gulfstream G550 N550DA flew San Jose to Ciampino in 11 hours 29 minutes (6,262 miles). Goldman Sachs' Bombardier Global 6500 N650WS flew Ciampino to Hong Kong in 10 hours 39 minutes (5,747 miles). Mukesh Ambani's Airbus ACJ319 VT-AKV flew Newark to Vienna in 8 hours 24 minutes (4,241 miles).

The Turkish Presidential Flight's Boeing 747-800 BBJ TC-TRK is on the ground at Seoul Air Base (K-16) after an 8-hour 56-minute, 4,966-mile flight from Istanbul Atatürk. Per Anadolu Agency, its presence aligns with Erdogan's expected participation in G20 summit preparations and bilateral meetings with South Korean leadership. Gulfstream G550 TC-ATA returned from Atlanta to Istanbul in 9 hours 56 minutes and is back at its home base. Canada Goose's Bombardier Global 6000 C-GDTR flew Saint John to Athens in 8 hours 7 minutes (4,436 miles) and remains on the ground in Athens. American Express' N650GB flew London Luton to Delhi in 8 hours 16 minutes and is still parked at Indira Gandhi International.