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Gulfstream G800 Goes the Distance on Record Flights

To date, Gulfstream aircraft have achieved 815 speed records fleet-wide

Gulfstream G800 logs more record flights — The Gulfstream G800 logged two milestone record flights in June 2026. A G800 set the company’s overall 800th city-pair record flight on a route from Reykjavik, Iceland, to the OEM’s headquarters in Savannah, Georgia. And on June 28, a G800 logged the fastest and farthest flight for a business jet, completing an 8,303-nm mission from Melbourne, Australia, to Moline, Illinois, in 16 hours 56 minutes. © Gulfstream Aerospace

By Chad Trautvetter • Online Editor

July 2, 2026

Gulfstream recently set its overall 800th city-pair speed record and then subsequently completed what the company claims is the farthest and fastest flight in business aviation history. The missions highlighted the Gulfstream G800’s speed (Mach 0.935 Mmo) and 8,200-nm range.

Earlier last month, a G800 secured the milestone city-pair speed record on a flight from Reykjavik, Iceland, to the OEM’s headquarters in Savannah, Georgia. The ultra-long-range twinjet flew 2,973 nm in 5 hours 52 minutes at an average cruise speed of Mach 0.91.

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