DJ Khaled's Bombardier Global jet: A closer look at its design and usage

Currently, DJ Khaled operates a Bombardier Global 6500 registered as N608BD. JetSpy notes that this aircraft was first produced in 2020 with serial number 2020. Although TVPX Aircraft Solutions is listed as the official owner by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DJ Khaled is recognized as its main operator.

According to JetSpy data from 2024, Khaled flew this aircraft over 75 times for approximately 143 flight hours, consuming more than 75,000 gallons of jet fuel resulting in about 732 metric tons of carbon emissions. The most frequented airports for these flights include Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport (OPF) in Florida, Westchester County Airport (HPN) in New York, and Teterboro Airport (TEB) in New Jersey.

The Bombardier Global Express series began after Bombardier acquired Canadair in 1986 aiming for longer-range aircraft development. The first prototype flew in October 1996 and achieved type certification by July 1998 with official introduction by July 1999.

The Global Express family includes upgraded variants like the Global 6500 featuring enhanced engines and interiors with state-of-the-art Nuage seats along with aerodynamic wing improvements. Announced alongside the shorter Global 5500 variant in May 2018, it received Transport Canada certification by September of that year followed by its first delivery in October.

Design features of the Global 6500 include an extended fuselage for increased cabin size divided into three zones accommodating up to seventeen passengers. It incorporates a forward galley or crew rest area among other options within its dimensions: six feet two inches height; seven feet eleven inches width; forty-three feet three inches length.

Powered by two Rolls-Royce BR710 Pearl engines providing over fifteen thousand pounds thrust each coupled with Bombardier Vision flight deck avionics suite featuring Combined Vision System - achieving typical cruise speed at four hundred eighty-seven knots covering ranges up till six thousand six hundred nautical miles reaching service ceiling heights fifty-one thousand feet while maintaining maximum takeoff weight ninety-nine thousand five hundred pounds across ninety-four-foot wingspan overall measuring ninety-nine foot five inch long twenty-five foot six inch tall frame specifications entirely.