Tail record, Embraer Praetor 500, United States register
A busy Praetor 500: flown more than three quarters of its type.
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Busier than 94% of Praetor 500s, by flights a month.
Tracked flights
457
in the twelve months, about 38 a month
Busiest Praetor 500s
9th
of 142 tracked, by flights a month
Estimated hours
≈726
in the twelve months, from time in the air
Flights a month, every tracked Praetor 500
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N339FX flew more than the middle half of the fleet in 8 of 12 months. Its busiest month was May 2026, with 54 flights.
Its busiest month was May 2026, with 54 flights, and its quietest February 2026, with 23. The record has 202 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 142 tracked Praetor 500s. Every dot is one aircraft; the gold one is N339FX.
Chapter 4
Harsher than its type
How hard has it been used?
Heavy use means more of its maintenance intervals have been used up. Worth checking where it sits in its inspection cycle before a pre-buy.
Flights a monthLead measure. 94th percentile
37.3middle Praetor 500 27.6
Days flown a month>99th percentile
19.3 dmiddle Praetor 500 14.4 d
Estimated hours a year98th percentile
≈703 hrmiddle Praetor 500 ≈513 hr
Harsher means harder on the aircraft than three quarters of Praetor 500s; typical is the middle half. Percentiles compare this aircraft with every tracked Praetor 500, over its record since 1 Jan 2025.
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The fleet is shown, and whether N339FX sits inside its middle half. Its grades and values are in the full report.
Chapter 1
Hours per landing, middle Praetor 500: 1.5 : 1
Also graded: short hops. Leg length is shown as context.
N339FX sits inside the middle half. Its grade and exact place are in the full report.
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Salt air, middle Praetor 500: 8%
Also graded: damp air, freeze–thaw, near the coast and moisture in the air.
N339FX sits inside the middle half. Its grade and exact place are in the full report.
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Short runways, middle Praetor 500: 11%
Also graded: hot, high takeoffs; density altitude; dust and dry climate.
N339FX sits inside the middle half. Its grade and exact place are in the full report.
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All four chapters, every flight since January 2025 leg by leg, and the one thing to ask the seller.
Page one
Every chapter has this table, with a note on any assumption behind it.
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N339FX, Embraer Praetor 500
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The Aircraft Ledger. “N339FX: how this Embraer Praetor 500 is flown.” Data through 31 Jul 2026. theaircraftledger.com/aircraft/n339fx
About 726 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 457 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.
N339FX made 457 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 38 a month, and flew on about 19 days in each month it flew.
23 of its 457 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, 5%, crossed a border.
It was last tracked in July 2026. We publish an aircraft’s flights seven days after they happen, and show them by month only.
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