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N327JA · Cessna Citation Excel flight activity

148 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, on about 7 days a month and an estimated 202 hours in the air.

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Last 12 months

How N327JA has been flying

N327JA flies about as often as the middle Citation Excel, inside the 4 to 14 flights a month flown by the middle half of the fleet.

Flights, 12 months
148

Tracked by ADS-B, so a minimum.

Estimated hours, 12 months
≈202 hr

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

Days flown a month
7.3 d

Against 5.1 d for the middle Citation Excel.

Last tracked
Jul 2026

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

Month by month

148 flights over 12 active months

Flights per month · shaded band is the middle half of the fleet (3.8–13.6 a month)

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9
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24
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17
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N327JA flew more than the middle half of the fleet in 4 of 12 months. Its busiest month was January 2026, with 24 flights.

Its busiest month was January 2026, with 24 flights, and its quietest August 2025, with 4. The record has 81 tracking gaps, so about one flight in 2 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
8.8

Against 7.3 for the middle Citation Excel (59th). Used like a typical Cessna Citation Excel.

Home baseContext
In the report

Share of flying days from one field.

The data behind it

Against all 60 tracked Citation Excels, over its record since 1 Jan 2025.
DimensionBelowMedianAboveThis tailPctile
Flights a monthTypicalLead metric
In the months it flew
8.8
middle Citation Excel 7.3
59th
Days flown a monthTypical
Days with at least one flight
5.7 d
middle Citation Excel 5.1 d
58th
Estimated hours a yearTypical
From time in the air
≈140 hr
middle Citation Excel ≈116 hr
63rd
Route shape only. No airports or dates named.

How it travels

Its flying is spread across many routes.

Most-flown pair
7%

11 of 148 flights, both directions.

Top three pairs
16%

Spread across many destinations.

International
0%

0 flights crossed a border.

N327JA’s flying is spread across many routes. Its most-flown pair of airports carries 7% of flights, 11 of 148, counting both directions. Its top three pairs make up 16%, so about eight flights in ten go somewhere else. None of its tracked flights 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

N327JA is in here

middle Citation Excel 1.3 : 1
In the report

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

02 Corrosion

Not graded: not enough data

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
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

N327JA is out here, on one side or the other

middle Citation Excel 9%
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 N327JA

  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 Excels

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
N900AD124≈143
N97AJ118≈185
N21LH96≈149
N712JN99≈124
N2KK120≈130
Questions

About N327JA

How many hours does N327JA fly a year?

About 202 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 148 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.

How often is N327JA flown?

N327JA made 148 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 12 a month, and flew on about 7 days in each month it flew.

Does N327JA fly internationally?

None of its 148 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026 crossed a border.

When did N327JA 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 N327JA 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 N327JA?

All four graded chapters (Fatigue, Corrosion, Engines and brakes, and Utilization), each against the tracked Citation Excels, 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 N327JA’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 Excels 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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