Tail record, Gulfstream G280, United States register
64 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Oct 2026, on about 5 days a month and an estimated 65 hours in the air.
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64 tracked flights in the twelve months to 31 Oct 2026.
Tracked flights
64
in the twelve months, about 5 a month
Days flown a month
4.9
in the months it flew
Estimated hours
≈65
in the twelve months, from time in the air
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Its busiest month was October 2026, with 13 flights.
Its busiest month was October 2026, with 13 flights. It did not fly in November 2025. The record has 30 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 279 tracked G280s. The shaded band is the middle half; the gold dot is N280BL.
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.
3.1Not compared
Days flown a monthNot compared: no percentile for this aircraft yet.
2.7 dNot compared
Estimated hours a yearNot compared: no percentile for this aircraft yet.
≈41 hrNot compared
Harsher means harder on the aircraft than three quarters of G280s; typical is the middle half. Percentiles compare this aircraft with every tracked G280, over its record since 4 Nov 2024.
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The fleet is shown, and whether N280BL sits inside its middle half. Its grades and values are in the full report.
Chapter 1
Hours per landing, middle G280: 1.6 : 1
Also graded: short hops. Leg length is shown as context.
Not graded: not enough data.
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Salt air, middle G280: 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 G280: 12%
Also graded: hot, high takeoffs; density altitude; dust and dry climate.
Not graded: not enough data.
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The Aircraft Ledger. “N280BL: how this Gulfstream G280 is flown.” Data through 31 Oct 2026. theaircraftledger.com/aircraft/n280bl
About 65 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Oct 2026, across 64 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.
N280BL made 64 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Oct 2026, about 5 a month, and flew on about 5 days in each month it flew.
2 of its 64 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Oct 2026, 8%, crossed a border.
It was last tracked in October 2026. We publish an aircraft’s flights seven days after they happen, and show them by month only.
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