Elon Musk’s Private Jet Made 134 Trips in 2022 and the Shortest One Lasted Just 6 Minutes
, 2023-01-09 07:58:24,
Last Updated: January 09, 2023, 13:28 IST

Elon Musk’s private jet emitted 1,895 tons of carbon dioxide in 2022. (Photo: Reuters)
Elon Musk’s private jet’s shortest flight lasted just 6 minutes, as per Jack Sweeney, the student who tracks the jet. It isn’t known if Musk was on board during the flight.
The shortest flight made by Elon Musk’s private jet in 2022 lasted just 6 minutes. Jack Sweeney, the student who has a hot-and-cold equation with the billionaire, is at it again. In his ‘ElonJet Wrapped’ for 2022, Sweeney shared that Musk’s jet made 134 flights in total in 2022, with the shortest being 6 minutes long and the longest lasting for 12 hours and 20 minutes. It was not shared whether or not Musk was onboard during these flights.
As per Sweeney’s stats, Musk’s jet’s shortest flight was made over Long Beach. The longest one was from Mykonos, Greece to Austin, Texas. The former was made in December and the latter in July. The foreign trips included Brazil, France, Italy, Greece, Norway, Germany, United Kingdom and Qatar. The most common destinations included Los Angeles, Austin, Brownsville, San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland. All of the 134 flights emitted 1,895 tons of carbon dioxide and 557,711 kg of jet fuel was used.
Celebrity CO2 emission using private jets has, of late, been a much debated issue on social media. Billionaires taking short trips on their private jets while the rest of the world reels under a climate crisis has garnered criticism…
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