Tail record, Cessna Citation III/VI/VII, United States register
A lightly flown Citation III: flown less than three quarters of its type.
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Flown less often than 98% of Citation IIIs, by flights a month.
Tracked flights
12
in the twelve months, about 1 a month
Busiest Citation IIIs
164th
of 167 tracked, by flights a month
Estimated hours
≈17
in the twelve months, from time in the air
Flights a month, every tracked Citation III
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N430SA stayed within or below the middle half of the fleet in every month. Its busiest month was January 2026, with 4 flights.
Its busiest month was January 2026, with 4 flights. It did not fly in August 2025. The record has 5 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 167 tracked Citation IIIs. Every dot is one aircraft; the gold one is N430SA.
Chapter 4
Gentler than its type
How hard has it been used?
Light use spends maintenance intervals slowly, but long spells parked bring their own wear: seals, corrosion and preservation. Worth asking how it was stored.
Flights a monthLead measure. 2nd percentile
2.0middle Citation III 4.8
Days flown a month3rd percentile
1.7 dmiddle Citation III 3.4 d
Estimated hours a year8th percentile
≈37 hrmiddle Citation III ≈80 hr
Harsher means harder on the aircraft than three quarters of Citation IIIs; typical is the middle half. Percentiles compare this aircraft with every tracked Citation III, over its record since 1 Jan 2025.
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The fleet is shown, and whether N430SA sits inside its middle half. Its grades and values are in the full report.
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Hours per landing, middle Citation III: 1.3 : 1
Also graded: short hops. Leg length is shown as context.
N430SA sits inside the middle half. Its grade and exact place are in the full report.
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Salt air, middle Citation III: 0%
Also graded: damp air, freeze–thaw, near the coast and moisture in the air.
N430SA sits outside the middle half, on one side or the other. Its grade and exact place are in the full report.
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Also graded: hot, high takeoffs; density altitude; dust and dry climate.
Not graded: not enough data.
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All four chapters, every flight since January 2025 leg by leg, and the one thing to ask the seller.
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Every chapter has this table, with a note on any assumption behind it.
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The Aircraft Ledger. “N430SA: how this Cessna Citation III/VI/VII is flown.” Data through 31 Jul 2026. theaircraftledger.com/aircraft/n430sa
About 17 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 12 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.
N430SA made 12 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 1 a month, and flew on about 1 days in each month it flew.
4 of its 12 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, 36%, 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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