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N404SP · Cessna Citation Sovereign flight activity

34 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, on about 3 days a month and an estimated 42 hours in the air.

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Last 12 months

How N404SP has been flying

Flights, 12 months
34

Tracked by ADS-B, so a minimum.

Estimated hours, 12 months
≈42 hr

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

Days flown a month
2.6 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

34 flights over 11 active months

Flights per month

4
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9
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20252026

Its busiest month was June 2026, with 9 flights.

Its busiest month was June 2026, with 9 flights. It did not fly in January 2026. The record has 27 tracking gaps, so about one flight in 1 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 N404SP: 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 1.5 : 1 for the middle Citation Sovereign (35th). Close to the type.

Trip lengthsContext
In the report

The spread of its trip lengths, against the type.

The data behind it

Against all 377 tracked Citation Sovereigns, over its record since 1 Jan 2025.
DimensionBelowMedianAboveThis tailPctile
Hours per landingTypicalLead metric
Estimated flight hours per landing
1.3 : 1
middle Citation Sovereign 1.5 : 1
35th
Short hopsTypical
Share of legs under 300 nm
42%
middle Citation Sovereign 38%
60th
Leg lengthContext
Median leg
320 nm
middle Citation Sovereign 419 nm
26th
Route shape only. No airports or dates named.

How it travels

Its flying is spread across many routes.

Most-flown pair
21%

7 of 34 flights, both directions.

Top three pairs
35%

Spread across many destinations.

International
0%

0 flights crossed a border.

N404SP’s flying is spread across many routes. Its most-flown pair of airports carries 21% of flights, 7 of 34, counting both directions. Its top three pairs make up 35%, so about seven flights in ten go somewhere else. None of its tracked flights crossed a border.

Chapters 02–04

Corrosion, engines and brakes, and utilization

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
middle Citation Sovereign 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

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

N404SP is out here, on one side or the other

middle Citation Sovereign 3%
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 Sovereign 5.8
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 N404SP

  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 Sovereigns

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
N333KG38≈51
N405PV30≈59
N428SS26≈78
N250AT22≈46
N777DY26≈83
Questions

About N404SP

How many hours does N404SP fly a year?

About 42 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 34 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.

How often is N404SP flown?

N404SP made 34 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.

Does N404SP fly internationally?

None of its 34 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026 crossed a border.

When did N404SP 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 N404SP 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 N404SP?

All four graded chapters (Fatigue, Corrosion, Engines and brakes, and Utilization), each against the tracked Citation Sovereigns, 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 N404SP’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 Sovereigns 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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