super-midsize jet
N978GB2025 Gulfstream G280
Registration record
N978GB on the FAA register
- Type
- 2025 Gulfstream G280
- Serial
- 2300
- Engines
- 2 × Honeywell HTF7250G (AS907-2-1G)
- Registered owner
- Ak Air LLC, Plymouth, WI, US
- Certificate issued
- 2025-11-25
- Airworthiness date
- 2025-02-20
- Registration expires
- 2032-11-30
- Mode S (hex)
- ADA1F5
- Status
- Current as of October 2026
- Seats
- 10
- Range
- 3,600 nm
- Cruise
- 482 kt
- Rough value range
- $19.0M to $35.0M
From Radar's listing-based estimates for business jets of similar engine thrust and age, set to the level of the 9 Gulfstream G280 estimates on Radar.
The aircraft
FAA registration data lists N978GB as a 2025 Gulfstream G280, serial number 2300, registered to Ak Air LLC (Plymouth, WI, US). The FAA record shows a certificate of registration issued November 25, 2025 and an airworthiness date of February 20, 2025. The type certificate on record is FAA TCDS A61NM (Gulfstream G280).
The type
The Gulfstream G280 is listed as a super-midsize jet with a maximum of 10 passengers. Power comes from two Honeywell HTF7250G (AS907-2-1G) engines producing 7624 lbf each, with a fuel capacity of 2182 US gallons. Maximum cruise speed is listed at 482 knots true airspeed, with a Mach number of 0.85 and a ceiling of 45000 feet. A range of 3600 nm appears in the type data; it is Gulfstream's theoretical NBAA IFR figure at Mach 0.80 with 4 passengers and 2 crew. The type's cabin is 73 inches high, 83 inches wide and 25.83 feet long, with 120 cubic feet of baggage space.
Data: Radar, FAA aircraft registry file of 2026-10-09.
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