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9H-VCY · Bombardier Challenger 350 flight activity

364 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, on about 14 days a month and an estimated 480 hours in the air.

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Last 12 months

How 9H-VCY has been flying

9H-VCY flies about three times as often as the middle Challenger 350, inside the 6 to 28 flights a month flown by the middle half of the fleet.

Flights, 12 months
364

Tracked by ADS-B, so a minimum.

Estimated hours, 12 months
≈480 hr

From time in the air. The logbook has the exact total.

Days flown a month
13.7 d

Against 6.6 d for the middle Challenger 350.

Last tracked
Jul 2026

Last tracked in July 2026. Published seven days later, by month only.

Month by month

364 flights over 12 active months

Flights per month · shaded band is the middle half of the fleet (5.6–28.1 a month)

30
16
32
31
42
3
32
10
25
50
41
52
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9H-VCY flew more than the middle half of the fleet in 8 of 12 months. Its busiest month was July 2026, with 52 flights.

Its busiest month was July 2026, with 52 flights, and its quietest January 2026, with 3. The record has 148 tracking gaps, so about one flight in 2 may be missing and every count is a minimum.

Chapter 04

Utilization

Typical than the type

How steadily it has been used: flights, flying days and estimated hours against the type.

Used about as much as most. Typical on utilization.

Used at about the rate of most of the fleet, so its maintenance intervals have been used up at a normal pace.

Flights a monthTypical
27.9

Against 10.2 for the middle Challenger 350 (74th). Used like a typical Bombardier Challenger 350.

Home baseContext
In the report

Share of flying days from one field.

The data behind it

Against all 173 tracked Challenger 350s, over its record since 1 Jan 2025.
DimensionBelowMedianAboveThis tailPctile
Flights a monthTypicalLead metric
In the months it flew
27.9
middle Challenger 350 10.2
74th
Days flown a monthTypical
Days with at least one flight
13.7 d
middle Challenger 350 6.6 d
73rd
Estimated hours a yearTypical
From time in the air
≈443 hr
middle Challenger 350 ≈192 hr
74th
Route shape only. No airports or dates named.

How it travels

Its flying is spread across many routes.

Most-flown pair
2%

8 of 364 flights, both directions.

Top three pairs
4%

Spread across many destinations.

International
81%

286 flights crossed a border.

9H-VCY’s flying is spread across many routes. Its most-flown pair of airports carries 2% of flights, 8 of 364, counting both directions. Its top three pairs make up 4%, so about ten flights in ten go somewhere else. Of its 364 tracked flights, 286 (81%) crossed a border.

Chapters 01–03

Fatigue, corrosion, engines and brakes

01 Fatigue

Close to the type

How short were its legs? Airframes age by landings as well as by hours. Many short legs put more pressurization cycles on the structure for the same time in the air.

Hours per landing Lead metric
Estimated flight hours per landing

9H-VCY is in here

middle Challenger 350 1.4 : 1
In the report

Also graded: short hops. Leg length is shown as context. See this chapter in the sample report →

02 Corrosion

Outside the middle of the fleet

Where does it spend its nights? Where a jet sleeps shapes how fast it corrodes. Salt and damp overnight are what an inspector looks at first.

Salt air Lead metric
Nights within 2 km of the coast, as a share of nights we can place

9H-VCY is out here, on one side or the other

middle Challenger 350 5%
In the report

Also graded: damp air, freeze–thaw, near the coast and moisture in the air. See this chapter in the sample report →

03 Engines and brakes

Close to the type

How hard were its airfields? Short, hot and high runways ask for more thrust on every takeoff and harder braking on every landing. That wear doesn’t show in the hours.

Short runways Lead metric
Departures where the longest runway was under 1.25× the takeoff distance

9H-VCY is in here

middle Challenger 350 14%
In the report

Also graded: hot, high takeoffs; density altitude; dust and dry climate. See this chapter in the sample report →

TailCheck report

What the full report adds for 9H-VCY

  1. 01 All four chapters graded, with the evidence behind every grade
  2. 02 The operational summary: the whole aircraft in one read
  3. 03 Its longest stay away from base, and what the record does and doesn’t show about it
  4. 04 Its home base pattern and operating rhythm: busiest days and months
  5. 05 PDF, CSV and a share link

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Peers

Other Challenger 350s

Tails flown at a similar rate, with their tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026. Each has its own free page.

TailFlights, 12 monthsEstimated hours a year
9H-VCA380≈463
CS-CHD403≈435
CS-CHG331≈426
C-FFIP124≈548
9H-VCP359≈427
Questions

About 9H-VCY

How many hours does 9H-VCY fly a year?

About 480 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 364 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.

How often is 9H-VCY flown?

9H-VCY made 364 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 30 a month, and flew on about 14 days in each month it flew.

Does 9H-VCY fly internationally?

286 of its 364 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, 81%, crossed a border.

When did 9H-VCY last fly?

It was last tracked in July 2026. We publish an aircraft’s flights seven days after they happen, and show them by month only.

Why don’t you show which airports 9H-VCY uses?

We leave out airports, bases and exact dates on purpose. We show how an aircraft has been used, not where it goes.

What’s in the full TailCheck report for 9H-VCY?

All four graded chapters (Fatigue, Corrosion, Engines and brakes, and Utilization), each against the tracked Challenger 350s, plus the operational summary and operating rhythm, as a PDF, CSV and share link. It costs $395, or $995 a month for unlimited reports and Spotlight.

Method

How this page is made

Everything here comes from 9H-VCY’s ADS-B track, the position signal aircraft broadcast, over the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026. ADS-B misses some flights, so every count is a minimum. Flights appear seven days after they happen, by month only, and hours are estimated from time in the air; the logbook has the real totals. Airports, bases and exact dates are left out on purpose. How grades work: each graded measure is placed among the tracked Challenger 350s against the middle aircraft, the 50th percentile. Between the 25th and 75th it is typical; outside that band it is gentler or harsher. Utilization is graded here for free; for the other chapters this page shows the middle value of the fleet and whether this aircraft sits inside the middle half or outside it. Their grades and values are in the report, not on this page. Owners and operators can ask us not to publish an aircraft’s activity.

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