Tail record, Pilatus PC-24, United States register
A lightly flown PC-24: flown less than three quarters of its type.
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Flown less often than 95% of PC-24s, by flights a month.
Tracked flights
18
in the twelve months, about 2 a month
Busiest PC-24s
279th
of 294 tracked, by flights a month
Estimated hours
≈19
in the twelve months, from time in the air
Flights a month, every tracked PC-24
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N128PJ stayed within or below the middle half of the fleet in every month. Its busiest month was March 2026, with 10 flights.
Its busiest month was March 2026, with 10 flights. It did not fly in September 2025. The record has 7 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 294 tracked PC-24s. Every dot is one aircraft; the gold one is N128PJ.
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. 5th percentile
2.4middle PC-24 6.9
Days flown a month1st percentile
1.8 dmiddle PC-24 5.0 d
Estimated hours a year4th percentile
≈31 hrmiddle PC-24 ≈107 hr
Harsher means harder on the aircraft than three quarters of PC-24s; typical is the middle half. Percentiles compare this aircraft with every tracked PC-24, over its record since 1 Jan 2025.
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The fleet is shown, and whether N128PJ sits inside its middle half. Its grades and values are in the full report.
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Hours per landing, middle PC-24: 1.2 : 1
Also graded: short hops. Leg length is shown as context.
N128PJ sits inside the middle half. Its grade and exact place are in the full report.
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Salt air, middle PC-24: 1%
Also graded: damp air, freeze–thaw, near the coast and moisture in the air.
N128PJ sits inside the middle half. Its grade and exact place are in the full report.
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Short runways, middle PC-24: 2%
Also graded: hot, high takeoffs; density altitude; dust and dry climate.
N128PJ 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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All four chapters, every flight since January 2025 leg by leg, and the one thing to ask the seller.
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Every chapter has this table, with a note on any assumption behind it.
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The Aircraft Ledger. “N128PJ: how this Pilatus PC-24 is flown.” Data through 31 Jul 2026. theaircraftledger.com/aircraft/n128pj
About 19 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 18 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.
N128PJ made 18 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 2 a month, and flew on about 2 days in each month it flew.
None of its 18 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026 crossed a border.
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