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N304TC · Cessna Citation CJ3 flight activity

239 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, on about 11 days a month and an estimated 318 hours in the air.

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Last 12 months

How N304TC has been flying

Flights, 12 months
239

Tracked by ADS-B, so a minimum.

Estimated hours, 12 months
≈318 hr

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

Days flown a month
10.5 d

In the months it flew.

Last tracked
Jul 2026

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

Month by month

239 flights over 12 active months

Flights per month

16
29
9
24
25
6
21
34
26
29
6
14
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Its busiest month was March 2026, with 34 flights.

Its busiest month was March 2026, with 34 flights, and its quietest January 2026, with 6. The record has 143 tracking gaps, so about one flight in 2 may be missing and every count is a minimum.

Chapter 01

Fatigue

Typical than the type

What each landing and pressurization cycle costs the structure: landings per hour and short hops.

Utilization isn’t graded for N304TC: too few of its flights were tracked to count its use fairly, in the full report too. So its free chapter here is Fatigue, which doesn’t depend on catching every flight.

Legs like most of the type. Typical on fatigue.

It lands about as often for its hours as most of the fleet, so cycles have built up at a normal pace.

Hours per landingTypical
1.3 : 1

Against 1.4 : 1 for the middle Citation CJ3 (47th). Close to the type.

Trip lengthsContext
In the report

The spread of its trip lengths, against the type.

The data behind it

Against all 649 tracked Citation CJ3s, over its record since 1 Jan 2025.
DimensionBelowMedianAboveThis tailPctile
Hours per landingTypicalLead metric
Estimated flight hours per landing
1.3 : 1
middle Citation CJ3 1.4 : 1
47th
Short hopsTypical
Share of legs under 300 nm
44%
middle Citation CJ3 43%
52nd
Leg lengthContext
Median leg
344 nm
middle Citation CJ3 351 nm
48th
Route shape only. No airports or dates named.

How it travels

Its flying is spread across many routes.

Most-flown pair
3%

6 of 239 flights, both directions.

Top three pairs
6%

Spread across many destinations.

International
5%

12 flights crossed a border.

N304TC’s flying is spread across many routes. Its most-flown pair of airports carries 3% of flights, 6 of 239, counting both directions. Its top three pairs make up 6%, so about nine flights in ten go somewhere else. Of its 239 tracked flights, 12 (5%) crossed a border.

Chapters 02–04

Corrosion, engines and brakes, and utilization

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

N304TC is in here

middle Citation CJ3 1%
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

Close to the type

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

N304TC is in here

middle Citation CJ3 1%
In the report

Also graded: hot, high takeoffs; density altitude; dust and dry climate. See this chapter in the sample report →

04 Utilization

Not graded: too few of its flights were tracked

How hard has it been used? Heavy use spends maintenance intervals faster; long spells parked bring their own wear. Both are worth knowing before a pre-buy.

Flights a month Lead metric
In the months it flew
middle Citation CJ3 5.3
In the report

Also graded: days flown a month and estimated hours a year. See this chapter in the sample report →

TailCheck report

What the full report adds for N304TC

  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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$395 for N304TC, one payment

A fraction of the cost of a pre-buy inspection, before you book one.

Peers

Other Citation CJ3s

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
N608SG228≈269
N739JS276≈305
N40WV241≈245
N108E221≈287
N656SM210≈298
Questions

About N304TC

How many hours does N304TC fly a year?

About 318 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 239 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.

How often is N304TC flown?

N304TC made 239 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 20 a month, and flew on about 11 days in each month it flew.

Does N304TC fly internationally?

12 of its 239 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, 5%, crossed a border.

When did N304TC 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 N304TC 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 N304TC?

All four graded chapters (Fatigue, Corrosion, Engines and brakes, and Utilization), each against the tracked Citation CJ3s, 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 N304TC’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 CJ3s against the middle aircraft, the 50th percentile. Between the 25th and 75th it is typical; outside that band it is gentler or harsher. Fatigue 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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