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D-IBLU · Cessna Citation M2 flight activity

158 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, on about 7 days a month and an estimated 186 hours in the air.

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Last 12 months

How D-IBLU has been flying

D-IBLU flies about three times as often as the middle Citation M2, well above the 3 to 6 flights a month flown by the middle half of the fleet.

Flights, 12 months
158

Tracked by ADS-B, so a minimum.

Estimated hours, 12 months
≈186 hr

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

Days flown a month
7.4 d

Against 3.4 d for the middle Citation M2.

Last tracked
Jul 2026

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

Month by month

158 flights over 12 active months

Flights per month · shaded band is the middle half of the fleet (3.1–5.7 a month)

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14
7
11
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7
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19
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17
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D-IBLU flew more than the middle half of the fleet in every month. Its busiest month was April 2026, with 19 flights.

Its busiest month was April 2026, with 19 flights, and its quietest October 2025, with 7. The record has 88 tracking gaps, so about one flight in 2 may be missing and every count is a minimum.

Chapter 04

Utilization

Harsher than the type

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

Flown far more than most. Harsher on utilization.

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 monthHarsher
12.0

Against 4.2 for the middle Citation M2 (89th). Used harder than most.

Home baseContext
In the report

Share of flying days from one field.

The data behind it

Against all 106 tracked Citation M2s, over its record since 1 Jan 2025.
DimensionBelowMedianAboveThis tailPctile
Flights a monthHarsherLead metric
In the months it flew
12.0
middle Citation M2 4.2
89th
Days flown a monthHarsher
Days with at least one flight
6.8 d
middle Citation M2 3.4 d
89th
Estimated hours a yearHarsher
From time in the air
≈164 hr
middle Citation M2 ≈55 hr
89th
Route shape only. No airports or dates named.

How it travels

Its flying is spread across many routes.

Most-flown pair
4%

7 of 158 flights, both directions.

Top three pairs
9%

Spread across many destinations.

International
91%

143 flights crossed a border.

D-IBLU’s flying is spread across many routes. Its most-flown pair of airports carries 4% of flights, 7 of 158, counting both directions. Its top three pairs make up 9%, so about nine flights in ten go somewhere else. Of its 158 tracked flights, 143 (91%) 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

D-IBLU is in here

middle Citation M2 1.0 : 1
In the report

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

02 Corrosion

Not graded: not enough data

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
middle Citation M2 1%
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

D-IBLU is in here

middle Citation M2 4%
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 D-IBLU

  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 Citation M2s

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
N80YB169≈192
HB-VCA181≈155
D-IPAA158≈137
9H-1MA141≈193
C-GHRY223≈181
Questions

About D-IBLU

How many hours does D-IBLU fly a year?

About 186 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 158 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.

How often is D-IBLU flown?

D-IBLU made 158 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 13 a month, and flew on about 7 days in each month it flew.

Does D-IBLU fly internationally?

143 of its 158 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, 91%, crossed a border.

When did D-IBLU 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 D-IBLU 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 D-IBLU?

All four graded chapters (Fatigue, Corrosion, Engines and brakes, and Utilization), each against the tracked Citation M2s, 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 D-IBLU’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 Citation M2s 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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