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EC-KES · Cessna Citation CJ2 flight activity

26 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, on about 3 days a month and an estimated 29 hours in the air.

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Last 12 months

How EC-KES has been flying

Flights, 12 months
26

Tracked by ADS-B, so a minimum.

Estimated hours, 12 months
≈29 hr

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

Days flown a month
2.8 d

In the months it flew.

Last tracked
May 2026

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

Month by month

26 flights over 8 active months

Flights per month

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Its busiest month was January 2026, with 7 flights.

Its busiest month was January 2026, with 7 flights. It did not fly in August 2025. The record has 14 tracking gaps, so about one flight in 2 may be missing and every count is a minimum.

Chapter 01

Fatigue

Typical than the type

What each landing and pressurization cycle costs the structure: landings per hour and short hops.

Utilization isn’t graded for EC-KES: too few of its flights were tracked to count its use fairly, in the full report too. So its free chapter here is Fatigue, which doesn’t depend on catching every flight.

Legs like most of the type. Typical on fatigue.

It lands about as often for its hours as most of the fleet, so cycles have built up at a normal pace.

Hours per landingTypical
1.3 : 1

Against 1.2 : 1 for the middle Citation CJ2 (64th). Close to the type.

Trip lengthsContext
In the report

The spread of its trip lengths, against the type.

The data behind it

Against all 709 tracked Citation CJ2s, over its record since 1 Jan 2025.
DimensionBelowMedianAboveThis tailPctile
Hours per landingTypicalLead metric
Estimated flight hours per landing
1.3 : 1
middle Citation CJ2 1.2 : 1
64th
Short hopsTypical
Share of legs under 300 nm
57%
middle Citation CJ2 51%
64th
Leg lengthContext
Median leg
276 nm
middle Citation CJ2 297 nm
41st
Route shape only. No airports or dates named.

How it travels

One corridor carries a large share of its flights.

Most-flown pair
31%

8 of 26 flights, both directions.

Top three pairs
42%

Spread across many destinations.

International
28%

7 flights crossed a border.

One route carries a large share of EC-KES’s flying: 31% of flights are on its most-flown pair of airports. Its top three pairs make up 42%, so about six flights in ten go somewhere else. Of its 26 tracked flights, 7 (28%) crossed a border.

Chapters 02–04

Corrosion, engines and brakes, and utilization

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 CJ2 0%
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

Outside the middle of the fleet

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

EC-KES is out here, on one side or the other

middle Citation CJ2 3%
In the report

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

04 Utilization

Not graded: too few of its flights were tracked

How hard has it been used? Heavy use spends maintenance intervals faster; long spells parked bring their own wear. Both are worth knowing before a pre-buy.

Flights a month Lead metric
In the months it flew
middle Citation CJ2 4.3
In the report

Also graded: days flown a month and estimated hours a year. See this chapter in the sample report →

TailCheck report

What the full report adds for EC-KES

  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

Open the sample report →

$395 for EC-KES, one payment

A fraction of the cost of a pre-buy inspection, before you book one.

Peers

Other Citation CJ2s

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
N17LJ29≈67
N430JF33≈34
N310GT33≈30
N915MP35≈50
N74JE23≈76
Questions

About EC-KES

How many hours does EC-KES fly a year?

About 29 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 26 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.

How often is EC-KES flown?

EC-KES made 26 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 2 a month, and flew on about 3 days in each month it flew.

Does EC-KES fly internationally?

7 of its 26 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, 28%, crossed a border.

When did EC-KES last fly?

It was last tracked in May 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 EC-KES 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 EC-KES?

All four graded chapters (Fatigue, Corrosion, Engines and brakes, and Utilization), each against the tracked Citation CJ2s, 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 EC-KES’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 CJ2s against the middle aircraft, the 50th percentile. Between the 25th and 75th it is typical; outside that band it is gentler or harsher. Fatigue 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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