Tail record, Cessna CitationJet, United States register
A busy CitationJet: flown more than three quarters of its type.
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Busier than 78% of CitationJets, by flights a month.
Tracked flights
110
in the twelve months, about 9 a month
Busiest CitationJets
57th
of 257 tracked, by flights a month
Estimated hours
≈119
in the twelve months, from time in the air
Flights a month, every tracked CitationJet
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N12NS flew more than the middle half of the fleet in 6 of 12 months. Its busiest month was January 2026, with 23 flights.
Its busiest month was January 2026, with 23 flights. It did not fly in August 2025. The record has 50 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 257 tracked CitationJets. Every dot is one aircraft; the gold one is N12NS.
Chapter 4
Harsher than its type
How hard has it been used?
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 monthLead measure. 78th percentile
8.6middle CitationJet 4.8
Days flown a month80th percentile
5.9 dmiddle CitationJet 3.6 d
Estimated hours a year76th percentile
≈111 hrmiddle CitationJet ≈68 hr
Harsher means harder on the aircraft than three quarters of CitationJets; typical is the middle half. Percentiles compare this aircraft with every tracked CitationJet, over its record since 1 Jan 2025.
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The fleet is shown, and whether N12NS sits inside its middle half. Its grades and values are in the full report.
Chapter 1
Hours per landing, middle CitationJet: 1.1 : 1
Also graded: short hops. Leg length is shown as context.
N12NS sits inside the middle half. Its grade and exact place are in the full report.
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Salt air, middle CitationJet: 1%
Also graded: damp air, freeze–thaw, near the coast and moisture in the air.
N12NS 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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Also graded: hot, high takeoffs; density altitude; dust and dry climate.
Not graded: not enough data.
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All four chapters, every flight since January 2025 leg by leg, and the one thing to ask the seller.
Page one
Every chapter has this table, with a note on any assumption behind it.
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The Aircraft Ledger. “N12NS: how this Cessna CitationJet is flown.” Data through 31 Jul 2026. theaircraftledger.com/aircraft/n12ns
About 119 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 110 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.
N12NS made 110 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 9 a month, and flew on about 7 days in each month it flew.
None of its 110 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026 crossed a border.
It was last tracked in July 2026. We publish an aircraft’s flights seven days after they happen, and show them by month only.
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