Tail record, Cessna Citation CJ2, United States register
Flown about as much as most Citation CJ2s: inside the middle half of its type.
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Flown less often than 68% of Citation CJ2s, by flights a month.
Tracked flights
32
in the twelve months, about 3 a month
Busiest Citation CJ2s
482nd
of 709 tracked, by flights a month
Estimated hours
≈33
in the twelve months, from time in the air
Flights a month, every tracked Citation CJ2
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N278LN flew more than the middle half of the fleet in 1 of 12 months. Its busiest month was May 2026, with 13 flights.
Its busiest month was May 2026, with 13 flights. It did not fly in August 2025. The record has 18 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 709 tracked Citation CJ2s. Every dot is one aircraft; the gold one is N278LN.
Chapter 4
Typical for its type
How hard has it been used?
Used at about the rate of most of the fleet, so its maintenance intervals have been used up at a normal pace.
Flights a monthLead measure. 32nd percentile
3.3middle Citation CJ2 4.3
Days flown a month24th percentile
2.3 dmiddle Citation CJ2 3.2 d
Estimated hours a year31st percentile
≈48 hrmiddle Citation CJ2 ≈64 hr
Harsher means harder on the aircraft than three quarters of Citation CJ2s; typical is the middle half. Percentiles compare this aircraft with every tracked Citation CJ2, over its record since 1 Jan 2025.
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The fleet is shown, and whether N278LN sits inside its middle half. Its grades and values are in the full report.
Chapter 1
Hours per landing, middle Citation CJ2: 1.2 : 1
Also graded: short hops. Leg length is shown as context.
N278LN sits inside the middle half. Its grade and exact place are in the full report.
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Salt air, middle Citation CJ2: 0%
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 CJ2: 3%
Also graded: hot, high takeoffs; density altitude; dust and dry climate.
N278LN sits inside the middle half. Its grade and exact place are in the full report.
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The Aircraft Ledger. “N278LN: how this Cessna Citation CJ2 is flown.” Data through 31 Jul 2026. theaircraftledger.com/aircraft/n278ln
About 33 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 32 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.
N278LN made 32 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 3 a month, and flew on about 3 days in each month it flew.
None of its 32 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026 crossed a border.
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