Tail record, Bombardier Global 5000/5500, United States register
A busy Global 5000/5500: flown more than three quarters of its type.
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Busier than 96% of Global 5000/5500s, by flights a month.
Tracked flights
180
in the twelve months, about 15 a month
Busiest Global 5000/5500s
9th
of 213 tracked, by flights a month
Estimated hours
≈433
in the twelve months, from time in the air
Flights a month, every tracked Global 5000/5500
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N135QS flew more than the middle half of the fleet in 7 of 12 months. Its busiest month was July 2026, with 50 flights.
Its busiest month was July 2026, with 50 flights. It did not fly in August 2025. The record has 76 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 213 tracked Global 5000/5500s. Every dot is one aircraft; the gold one is N135QS.
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. 96th percentile
22.8middle Global 5000/5500 5.8
Days flown a month94th percentile
12.6 dmiddle Global 5000/5500 4.3 d
Estimated hours a year99th percentile
≈658 hrmiddle Global 5000/5500 ≈147 hr
Harsher means harder on the aircraft than three quarters of Global 5000/5500s; typical is the middle half. Percentiles compare this aircraft with every tracked Global 5000/5500, over its record since 1 Jan 2025.
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The fleet is shown, and whether N135QS sits inside its middle half. Its grades and values are in the full report.
Chapter 1
Hours per landing, middle Global 5000/5500: 2.2 : 1
Also graded: short hops. Leg length is shown as context.
N135QS sits inside the middle half. Its grade and exact place are in the full report.
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Salt air, middle Global 5000/5500: 6%
Also graded: damp air, freeze–thaw, near the coast and moisture in the air.
N135QS sits inside the middle half. 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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N135QS, Bombardier Global 5000/5500
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The Aircraft Ledger. “N135QS: how this Bombardier Global 5000/5500 is flown.” Data through 31 Jul 2026. theaircraftledger.com/aircraft/n135qs
About 433 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 180 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.
N135QS made 180 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 15 a month, and flew on about 14 days in each month it flew.
34 of its 180 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, 22%, 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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