Tail record, Cessna Citation Sovereign, United States register
15 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, on about 5 days a month and an estimated 11 hours in the air.
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15 tracked flights in the twelve months to 31 Jul 2026.
Tracked flights
15
in the twelve months, about 1 a month
Days flown a month
4.5
in the months it flew
Estimated hours
≈11
in the twelve months, from time in the air
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Its busiest month was October 2025, with 8 flights.
Its busiest month was October 2025, with 8 flights. It did not fly in August 2025. The record has 5 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 377 tracked Citation Sovereigns. The shaded band is the middle half; the gold dot is N138KV.
Chapter 4
Not graded
How hard has it been used?
Not compared: no percentile for this aircraft yet.
Flights a monthLead measure. Not compared: no percentile for this aircraft yet.
4.5Not compared
Days flown a monthNot compared: no percentile for this aircraft yet.
3.0 dNot compared
Estimated hours a yearNot compared: no percentile for this aircraft yet.
≈53 hrNot compared
Harsher means harder on the aircraft than three quarters of Citation Sovereigns; typical is the middle half. Percentiles compare this aircraft with every tracked Citation Sovereign, over its record since 1 Jan 2025.
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The fleet is shown, and whether N138KV sits inside its middle half. Its grades and values are in the full report.
Chapter 1
Hours per landing, middle Citation Sovereign: 1.5 : 1
Also graded: short hops. Leg length is shown as context.
Not graded: not enough data.
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Salt air, middle Citation Sovereign: 1%
Also graded: damp air, freeze–thaw, near the coast and moisture in the air.
Not graded: not enough data.
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Short runways, middle Citation Sovereign: 3%
Also graded: hot, high takeoffs; density altitude; dust and dry climate.
Not graded: not enough data.
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Page one
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The Aircraft Ledger. “N138KV: how this Cessna Citation Sovereign is flown.” Data through 31 Jul 2026. theaircraftledger.com/aircraft/n138kv
About 11 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 15 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.
N138KV made 15 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 1 a month, and flew on about 5 days in each month it flew.
None of its 15 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026 crossed a border.
It was last tracked in October 2025. We publish an aircraft’s flights seven days after they happen, and show them by month only.
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