Tail record, Gulfstream GV, Saudi Arabia register
Flown about as much as most GVs: inside the middle half of its type.
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Flown less often than 55% of GVs, by flights a month.
Tracked flights
29
in the twelve months, about 2 a month
Busiest GVs
351st
of 638 tracked, by flights a month
Estimated hours
≈120
in the twelve months, from time in the air
Flights a month, every tracked GV
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HZ-MS5A flew more than the middle half of the fleet in 2 of 12 months. Its busiest month was October 2025, with 13 flights.
Its busiest month was October 2025, with 13 flights. It did not fly in August 2025. The record has 13 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 638 tracked GVs. Every dot is one aircraft; the gold one is HZ-MS5A.
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Typical for its type
How hard has it been used?
Used at about the rate of most of the fleet, so its maintenance intervals have been used up at a normal pace.
Flights a monthLead measure. 45th percentile
4.7middle GV 5.0
Days flown a month55th percentile
4.2 dmiddle GV 3.9 d
Estimated hours a year79th percentile
≈232 hrmiddle GV ≈149 hr
Harsher means harder on the aircraft than three quarters of GVs; typical is the middle half. Percentiles compare this aircraft with every tracked GV, over its record since 1 Jan 2025.
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The fleet is shown, and whether HZ-MS5A sits inside its middle half. Its grades and values are in the full report.
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Hours per landing, middle GV: 2.4 : 1
Also graded: short hops. Leg length is shown as context.
HZ-MS5A 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 GV: 3%
Also graded: damp air, freeze–thaw, near the coast and moisture in the air.
HZ-MS5A sits inside the middle half. Its grade and exact place are in the full report.
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Short runways, middle GV: 32%
Also graded: hot, high takeoffs; density altitude; dust and dry climate.
HZ-MS5A 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. “HZ-MS5A: how this Gulfstream GV is flown.” Data through 31 Jul 2026. theaircraftledger.com/aircraft/hz-ms5a
About 120 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 29 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.
HZ-MS5A made 29 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 2 a month, and flew on about 6 days in each month it flew.
15 of its 29 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, 65%, crossed a border.
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