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Operational record · single airframe

LV-KAX · Gulfstream GV flight activity

161 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, on about 10 days a month and an estimated 814 hours in the air.

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Last 12 months

How LV-KAX has been flying

LV-KAX flies about two and a half times as often as the middle GV, well above the 4 to 7 flights a month flown by the middle half of the fleet.

Flights, 12 months
161

Tracked by ADS-B, so a minimum.

Estimated hours, 12 months
≈814 hr

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

Days flown a month
10.0 d

Against 3.9 d for the middle GV.

Last tracked
Jun 2026

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

Month by month

161 flights over 11 active months

Flights per month · shaded band is the middle half of the fleet (3.5–7.3 a month)

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LV-KAX flew more than the middle half of the fleet in 11 of 12 months. Its busiest month was March 2026, with 21 flights.

Its busiest month was March 2026, with 21 flights. It did not fly in July 2026. The record has 86 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
12.3

Against 5.0 for the middle GV (95th). Used harder than most.

Home baseContext
In the report

Share of flying days from one field.

The data behind it

Against all 638 tracked GVs, over its record since 1 Jan 2025.
DimensionBelowMedianAboveThis tailPctile
Flights a monthHarsherLead metric
In the months it flew
12.3
middle GV 5.0
95th
Days flown a monthHarsher
Days with at least one flight
8.7 d
middle GV 3.9 d
97th
Estimated hours a yearHarsher
From time in the air
≈772 hr
middle GV ≈149 hr
>99th
Route shape only. No airports or dates named.

How it travels

Its flying is spread across many routes.

Most-flown pair
4%

6 of 161 flights, both directions.

Top three pairs
9%

Spread across many destinations.

International
66%

91 flights crossed a border.

LV-KAX’s flying is spread across many routes. Its most-flown pair of airports carries 4% of flights, 6 of 161, counting both directions. Its top three pairs make up 9%, so about nine flights in ten go somewhere else. Of its 161 tracked flights, 91 (66%) crossed a border.

Chapters 01–03

Fatigue, corrosion, engines and brakes

01 Fatigue

Outside the middle of the fleet

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

LV-KAX is out here, on one side or the other

middle GV 2.4 : 1
In the report

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

02 Corrosion

Outside the middle of the fleet

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

LV-KAX is out here, on one side or the other

middle GV 3%
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

LV-KAX is in here

middle GV 32%
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 LV-KAX

  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 GVs

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
N444DH150≈197
N59JE173≈444
N970BG193≈388
N222LX186≈318
N550GP160≈244
Questions

About LV-KAX

How many hours does LV-KAX fly a year?

About 814 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 161 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.

How often is LV-KAX flown?

LV-KAX made 161 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 13 a month, and flew on about 10 days in each month it flew.

Does LV-KAX fly internationally?

91 of its 161 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, 66%, crossed a border.

When did LV-KAX last fly?

It was last tracked in June 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 LV-KAX 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 LV-KAX?

All four graded chapters (Fatigue, Corrosion, Engines and brakes, and Utilization), each against the tracked GVs, 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 LV-KAX’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 GVs 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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