Tail record, Embraer Praetor 500, United States register
Flown about as much as most Praetor 500s: inside the middle half of its type.
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Busier than 55% of Praetor 500s, by flights a month.
Tracked flights
343
in the twelve months, about 29 a month
Busiest Praetor 500s
64th
of 142 tracked, by flights a month
Estimated hours
≈554
in the twelve months, from time in the air
Flights a month, every tracked Praetor 500
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N422FX flew more than the middle half of the fleet in 4 of 12 months. Its busiest month was May 2026, with 50 flights.
Its busiest month was May 2026, with 50 flights. It did not fly in March 2026. The record has 160 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 N422FX.
Chapter 4
Typical for its type
How hard has it been used?
Used at about the rate of most of the fleet, so its maintenance intervals have been used up at a normal pace.
Flights a monthLead measure. 55th percentile
29.7middle Praetor 500 27.6
Days flown a month64th percentile
15.6 dmiddle Praetor 500 14.4 d
Estimated hours a year66th percentile
≈562 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 N422FX sits inside its middle half. Its grades and values are in the full report.
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Hours per landing, middle Praetor 500: 1.5 : 1
Also graded: short hops. Leg length is shown as context.
N422FX 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.
N422FX 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.
N422FX sits inside the middle half. Its grade and exact place are in the full report.
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The Aircraft Ledger. “N422FX: how this Embraer Praetor 500 is flown.” Data through 31 Jul 2026. theaircraftledger.com/aircraft/n422fx
About 554 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 343 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.
N422FX made 343 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 29 a month, and flew on about 16 days in each month it flew.
17 of its 343 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, 5%, crossed a border.
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