Aircraft ownership record
Bill Gates's private jet
Bill Gates (Gates Foundation) is publicly associated with a Gulfstream G650ER (Cascade Investment), reported under N887WM, usually based at Seattle (BFI). Everything below comes from civil aircraft registers, corporate filings and dated aviation photography.
The short answer
Bill Gates flies a Gulfstream G650ER (Cascade Investment) registered as N887WM. The airframe is usually held by a trust, holding company or management operator rather than by Bill Gates personally — that is standard practice for business aircraft and does not imply anything unusual. Home base for reported movements is Seattle (BFI).
Registration records
Each mark below opens its public register record — registered owner, aircraft type, country of registry and ICAO 24-bit address.
Routes this aircraft flies most
| Route | Airports | CO2 (2 h estimate) |
|---|---|---|
| Seattle (BFI) → London (LHR) | KBFI → EGLL | 11123.2 t |
| Seattle (BFI) → New Delhi (DEL) | KBFI → VIDP | 11123.2 t |
| Seattle (BFI) → Geneva (GVA) | KBFI → LSGG | 11123.2 t |
| Seattle (BFI) → Johannesburg (JNB) | KBFI → FAOR | 11123.2 t |
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Questions people ask
- What private jet does Bill Gates use?
- Public register and aviation-photography records associate Bill Gates with a Gulfstream G650ER (Cascade Investment), reported under the mark N887WM. The registered owner is usually a trust, holding company or management operator rather than the individual.
- What is Bill Gates's jet tail number?
- The reported registration is N887WM. Each mark links to its civil register record, where the current registered owner, aircraft type and ICAO 24-bit address are published.
- Can I track Bill Gates's jet live?
- Yes, when the aircraft is broadcasting. Transponder position data is public, so the airframe appears on the live tracker while it is in receiver coverage. Aircraft enrolled in the FAA's LADD or PIA privacy programmes, or flying over oceans and remote regions, will show gaps.
- Where is Bill Gates's jet usually based?
- Movements reported for this airframe centre on Seattle (BFI). Business aircraft return to a home base between trips, so departures most often begin there.
- How much CO2 does a flight on this aircraft produce?
- A Gulfstream G650ER (Cascade Investment) burns roughly 1760 kg of jet fuel per flight hour, and each kilogram releases about 3.16 kg of CO2 — around 11123.2 tonnes for a two-hour hop.