super-midsize jet
N978M2018 Gulfstream G280
Registration record
N978M on the FAA register
- Type
- 2018 Gulfstream G280
- Serial
- 2144
- Engines
- 2 × Honeywell HTF7250G (AS907-2-1G)
- Registered owner
- Galena Services LLC, Denver, CO, US
- Certificate issued
- 2018-12-04
- Airworthiness date
- 2018-03-29
- Registration expires
- 2028-12-31
- Mode S (hex)
- ADA270
- Status
- Current as of October 2026
- Seats
- 10
- Range
- 3,600 nm
- Cruise
- 482 kt
- Rough value range
- $11.0M to $20.0M
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.
Aircraft summary
Galena Services LLC (Denver, CO, US) is the registered owner of N978M, a 2018 Gulfstream G280 with serial number 2144.
FAA record
The FAA record gives the type certificate as FAA TCDS A61NM (Gulfstream G280). Its airworthiness date is March 29, 2018, and its certificate of registration was issued on December 4, 2018. The FAA record does not mark it as fractionally owned. Other aircraft carried the number N978M earlier: a 2006 Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 40, registration cancelled June 13, 2012, and a Bird BK, registration cancelled June 7, 1933. Neither is this aircraft.
The Gulfstream G280 type
As a super-midsize jet, the Gulfstream G280 is specified for up to 10 passengers. On speed and altitude, the type data list 482 knots true airspeed at maximum cruise, Mach 0.85, and a ceiling of 45000 feet. Range is given as 3600 nautical miles, Gulfstream's theoretical NBAA IFR figure at Mach 0.80 with 4 passengers and 2 crew. The type specifications list two Honeywell HTF7250G (AS907-2-1G) engines at 7624 lbf each, along with 2182 US gallons of fuel capacity. The standard flight deck on the Gulfstream G280 is Gulfstream PlaneView280. The Gulfstream G280's cabin measures 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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