Tail record, Pilatus PC-24, Germany register
A busy PC-24: flown more than three quarters of its type.
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Busier than 92% of PC-24s, by flights a month.
Tracked flights
375
in the twelve months, about 31 a month
Busiest PC-24s
24th
of 294 tracked, by flights a month
Estimated hours
≈431
in the twelve months, from time in the air
Flights a month, every tracked PC-24
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D-CJMS flew more than the middle half of the fleet in 10 of 12 months. Its busiest month was May 2026, with 58 flights.
Its busiest month was May 2026, with 58 flights, and its quietest March 2026, with 8. The record has 176 tracking gaps, so about one flight in 2 may be missing and every count is a minimum.
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Each measure against all 294 tracked PC-24s. Every dot is one aircraft; the gold one is D-CJMS.
Chapter 4
Harsher than its type
How hard has it been used?
Heavy use means more of its maintenance intervals have been used up. Worth checking where it sits in its inspection cycle before a pre-buy.
Flights a monthLead measure. 92nd percentile
27.1middle PC-24 6.9
Days flown a month95th percentile
14.9 dmiddle PC-24 5.0 d
Estimated hours a year90th percentile
≈371 hrmiddle PC-24 ≈107 hr
Harsher means harder on the aircraft than three quarters of PC-24s; typical is the middle half. Percentiles compare this aircraft with every tracked PC-24, over its record since 1 Jan 2025.
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The fleet is shown, and whether D-CJMS sits inside its middle half. Its grades and values are in the full report.
Chapter 1
Hours per landing, middle PC-24: 1.2 : 1
Also graded: short hops. Leg length is shown as context.
D-CJMS sits inside the middle half. Its grade and exact place are in the full report.
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Salt air, middle PC-24: 1%
Also graded: damp air, freeze–thaw, near the coast and moisture in the air.
Not graded: not enough data.
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Short runways, middle PC-24: 2%
Also graded: hot, high takeoffs; density altitude; dust and dry climate.
D-CJMS sits outside the middle half, on one side or the other. Its grade and exact place are in the full report.
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The Aircraft Ledger. “D-CJMS: how this Pilatus PC-24 is flown.” Data through 31 Jul 2026. theaircraftledger.com/aircraft/d-cjms
About 431 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 375 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.
D-CJMS made 375 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 31 a month, and flew on about 16 days in each month it flew.
299 of its 375 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, 80%, crossed a border.
It was last tracked in July 2026. We publish an aircraft’s flights seven days after they happen, and show them by month only.
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