Elon Musk’s private jet made over 130 flights in 2022 with shortest lasting 6 minutes, tracker data shows

Calculations suggest billionaire’s private jet emitted nearly 1,900 tons of CO2 in one year

Tesla and Twitter chief Elon Musk’s private jet made more than 130 flights in 2022, according to a Florida student who compiles tracker data on its movements.

Jack Sweeney, the 20-year-old computer programmer who has created a number of Twitter bots tracking aircraft belonging to the rich and famous, used publicly available data for Mr Musk’s Gulfstream G650ER jet to show that its shortest flight in 2022 lasted just six minutes, while the longest spanned over 12 hours.

Overall the tracker suggests the private jet made 134 flights in 2022, emitting nearly 1,900 tons of carbon dioxide and an operating cost including fuel expenses of about $1.1m.