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 74% of Praetor 500s, by flights a month.
Tracked flights
242
in the twelve months, about 20 a month
Busiest Praetor 500s
38th
of 142 tracked, by flights a month
Estimated hours
≈353
in the twelve months, from time in the air
Flights a month, every tracked Praetor 500
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N435FX flew more than the middle half of the fleet in 3 of 12 months. Its busiest month was May 2026, with 63 flights.
Its busiest month was May 2026, with 63 flights. It did not fly in August 2025. The record has 104 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 N435FX.
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. 74th percentile
33.3middle Praetor 500 27.6
Days flown a month61st percentile
15.4 dmiddle Praetor 500 14.4 d
Estimated hours a year68th percentile
≈565 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 N435FX 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.
N435FX 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.
N435FX 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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Short runways, middle Praetor 500: 11%
Also graded: hot, high takeoffs; density altitude; dust and dry climate.
N435FX 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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All four chapters, every flight since January 2025 leg by leg, and the one thing to ask the seller.
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N435FX, Embraer Praetor 500
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The Aircraft Ledger. “N435FX: how this Embraer Praetor 500 is flown.” Data through 31 Jul 2026. theaircraftledger.com/aircraft/n435fx
About 353 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 242 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.
N435FX made 242 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 20 a month, and flew on about 15 days in each month it flew.
13 of its 242 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, 6%, crossed a border.
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