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Operational record · single airframe

N17XR · Cessna Citation X flight activity

116 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, on about 6 days a month and an estimated 191 hours in the air.

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Last 12 months

How N17XR has been flying

N17XR flies about as often as the middle Citation X, inside the 5 to 20 flights a month flown by the middle half of the fleet.

Flights, 12 months
116

Tracked by ADS-B, so a minimum.

Estimated hours, 12 months
≈191 hr

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

Days flown a month
6.5 d

Against 5.7 d for the middle Citation X.

Last tracked
Jul 2026

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

Month by month

116 flights over 11 active months

Flights per month · shaded band is the middle half of the fleet (5.1–20.2 a month)

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14
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19
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N17XR stayed within or below the middle half of the fleet in every month. Its busiest month was January 2026, with 19 flights.

Its busiest month was January 2026, with 19 flights. It did not fly in May 2026. The record has 37 tracking gaps, so about one flight in 3 may be missing and every count is a minimum.

Chapter 04

Utilization

Typical than the type

How steadily it has been used: flights, flying days and estimated hours against the type.

Used about as much as most. Typical on utilization.

Used at about the rate of most of the fleet, so its maintenance intervals have been used up at a normal pace.

Flights a monthTypical
10.9

Against 8.8 for the middle Citation X (58th). Used like a typical Cessna Citation X.

Home baseContext
In the report

Share of flying days from one field.

The data behind it

Against all 282 tracked Citation Xs, over its record since 1 Jan 2025.
DimensionBelowMedianAboveThis tailPctile
Flights a monthTypicalLead metric
In the months it flew
10.9
middle Citation X 8.8
58th
Days flown a monthTypical
Days with at least one flight
6.9 d
middle Citation X 5.7 d
57th
Estimated hours a yearTypical
From time in the air
≈203 hr
middle Citation X ≈163 hr
57th
Route shape only. No airports or dates named.

How it travels

Its flying is spread across many routes.

Most-flown pair
17%

20 of 116 flights, both directions.

Top three pairs
24%

Spread across many destinations.

International
6%

7 flights crossed a border.

N17XR’s flying is spread across many routes. Its most-flown pair of airports carries 17% of flights, 20 of 116, counting both directions. Its top three pairs make up 24%, so about eight flights in ten go somewhere else. Of its 116 tracked flights, 7 (6%) crossed a border.

Chapters 01–03

Fatigue, corrosion, engines and brakes

01 Fatigue

Close to the type

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

N17XR is in here

middle Citation X 1.7 : 1
In the report

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

02 Corrosion

Close to the type

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

N17XR is in here

middle Citation X 2%
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

Outside the middle of the fleet

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

N17XR is out here, on one side or the other

middle Citation X 26%
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 N17XR

  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 Citation Xs

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
N612EM145≈206
N787TH159≈117
OE-HUB32≈198
N26BT143≈203
N977AF138≈261
Questions

About N17XR

How many hours does N17XR fly a year?

About 191 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 116 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.

How often is N17XR flown?

N17XR made 116 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 10 a month, and flew on about 6 days in each month it flew.

Does N17XR fly internationally?

7 of its 116 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, 6%, crossed a border.

When did N17XR last fly?

It was last tracked in July 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 N17XR 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 N17XR?

All four graded chapters (Fatigue, Corrosion, Engines and brakes, and Utilization), each against the tracked Citation Xs, 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 N17XR’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 Citation Xs 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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