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Tail record, Eclipse 550, Germany register
A lightly flown 550: flown less than three quarters of its type.
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Flown less often than 76% of 550s, by flights a month.
Tracked flights
32
in the twelve months, about 3 a month
Busiest 550s
146th
of 192 tracked, by flights a month
Estimated hours
≈29
in the twelve months, from time in the air
Flights a month, every tracked 550
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D-IALU flew more than the middle half of the fleet in 2 of 12 months. Its busiest month was February 2026, with 12 flights.
Its busiest month was February 2026, with 12 flights. It did not fly in December 2025. The record has 12 tracking gaps, so about one flight in 3 may be missing and every count is a minimum.
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Each measure against all 192 tracked 550s. Every dot is one aircraft; the gold one is D-IALU.
Chapter 4
Gentler than its type
How hard has it been used?
Light use spends maintenance intervals slowly, but long spells parked bring their own wear: seals, corrosion and preservation. Worth asking how it was stored.
Flights a monthLead measure. 24th percentile
2.5middle 550 3.8
Days flown a month10th percentile
1.7 dmiddle 550 2.8 d
Estimated hours a year7th percentile
≈28 hrmiddle 550 ≈59 hr
Harsher means harder on the aircraft than three quarters of 550s; typical is the middle half. Percentiles compare this aircraft with every tracked 550, over its record since 4 Nov 2024.
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The fleet is shown, and whether D-IALU sits inside its middle half. Its grades and values are in the full report.
Chapter 1
Hours per landing, middle 550: 1.3 : 1
Also graded: short hops. Leg length is shown as context.
D-IALU 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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Salt air, middle 550: 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 550: 0%
Also graded: hot, high takeoffs; density altitude; dust and dry climate.
D-IALU sits inside the middle half. Its grade and exact place are in the full report.
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The Aircraft Ledger. “D-IALU: how this Eclipse 550 is flown.” Data through 31 Oct 2026. theaircraftledger.com/aircraft/d-ialu
About 29 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Oct 2026, across 32 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.
D-IALU made 32 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Oct 2026, about 3 a month, and flew on about 2 days in each month it flew.
10 of its 32 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Oct 2026, 53%, crossed a border.
It was last tracked in October 2026. We publish an aircraft’s flights seven days after they happen, and show them by month only.
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