About
An operating history for every business jet.
The Aircraft Ledger turns open flight-tracking data into an operating history for every business jet we track, then sets each one against the rest of its type.
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Why it exists.
A listing tells you what the seller wants you to know. The aircraft has been broadcasting its own record all along.
Every business jet broadcasts where it is, several times a second, and that flight data is recorded.
Read carefully, that record says how hard an aircraft has been flown: how many landings for its hours, how much of its life it has spent by the sea, how often it has worked short runways, and how long it has sat on the ground. Those are the things that cost money after you buy it.
We build that record for each aircraft, compare it with every other aircraft of the same type, and say plainly what stands out, and what the data can’t tell you.
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What we publish.
Most of it is free. The paid report goes deeper on one aircraft.
Every tail
A free record for each aircraftHow hard it has been flown, against its type. No account needed.
Browse the tailsEvery type
Fleet statistics and guidesUtilization, fatigue, corrosion and engine exposure for each type, with buyer’s guides and comparisons.
See the aircraftEvery airport we track
Airports and eventsWhere private jets land, through the year, and how much the big events lift traffic.
See the airports03
How we stay useful.
The data is only worth something if both sides of a deal can trust it.
- One method for every aircraft.
Every grade comes from the same rules, published in full. Nobody can pay to change how an aircraft is measured.
- Limits published with the numbers.
Tracking misses flights, so our counts are minimums. We say so beside the figures, and every TailCheck report grades the aircraft’s tracking coverage before you rely on its totals.
- Aircraft, not people.
We never show who owns an aircraft or where it’s based, and pages about one aircraft run a week behind. Owners can ask us to remove an aircraft from public pages.
- A record, not a verdict.
Our reports describe how an aircraft has been used. They don’t replace a pre-purchase inspection, the logbooks or a valuation.
Read the methodology for every definition, and its known limitations.
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Who’s behind it.
A small, independent company, built in London.
Ben
Founder
Ben spent five years building a subscription platform that set out the costs of owning and buying more than 140 private jet models, researching and modeling every number himself, before selling it. He started The Aircraft Ledger in August 2025 to answer the question buyers kept asking after the costs: how has this particular aircraft really been flown?
He writes every article on the blog himself, and every page on this site is built from the same open data and the same published rules.
- Company
- Magic Lagoon Ltd
- Registered
- England and Wales, 12674501
- Office
- 71–75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9JQ