Oprah Winfrey’s Gulfstream G700
Winfrey has been a jet owner since a Gulfstream IV in 1991 and has cycled through a Bombardier Global Express XRS, a G550 and a G650ER before reportedly taking a G700 in 2025. She has famously said the jet was the one purchase that told her she had truly made it.
What it costs to keep flying
If flown 300 hours a year, our model puts the annual bill at:
- Crew, hangar, insurance, training
- $1,900K
- Fuel & maintenance (300 h)
- $2,040K
- Depreciation
- $4,460K
- Cost of capital (5%)
- $3,900K
Estimate. Bespoke interiors, extra crew and hangar in premium locations push it higher.
The aircraft
- Type
- Gulfstream Aerospace G700
- Class
- Ultra-Long-Range
- Range
- 7,750 nm
- Max cruise
- 516 kts (Mach 0.94)
- Passengers
- 13–19
- Cabin
- 56.9 × 8.2 × 6.3 ft
- New price
- $78M
- Fuel burn
- 500 gal/h
Sources: simpleflying.com · hollywoodreporter.com
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