Tail record, Embraer Phenom 300, United States register
A busy Phenom 300: flown more than three quarters of its type.
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Busier than 76% of Phenom 300s, by flights a month.
Tracked flights
416
in the twelve months, about 35 a month
Busiest Phenom 300s
205th
of 851 tracked, by flights a month
Estimated hours
≈463
in the twelve months, from time in the air
Flights a month, every tracked Phenom 300
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N442QS flew more than the middle half of the fleet in 6 of 12 months. Its busiest month was May 2026, with 62 flights.
Its busiest month was May 2026, with 62 flights, and its quietest July 2026, with 12. The record has 208 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 851 tracked Phenom 300s. Every dot is one aircraft; the gold one is N442QS.
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. 76th percentile
32.3middle Phenom 300 11.2
Days flown a month71st percentile
14.5 dmiddle Phenom 300 7.3 d
Estimated hours a year72nd percentile
≈440 hrmiddle Phenom 300 ≈173 hr
Harsher means harder on the aircraft than three quarters of Phenom 300s; typical is the middle half. Percentiles compare this aircraft with every tracked Phenom 300, over its record since 1 Jan 2025.
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The fleet is shown, and whether N442QS sits inside its middle half. Its grades and values are in the full report.
Chapter 1
Hours per landing, middle Phenom 300: 1.2 : 1
Also graded: short hops. Leg length is shown as context.
N442QS sits inside the middle half. Its grade and exact place are in the full report.
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Salt air, middle Phenom 300: 5%
Also graded: damp air, freeze–thaw, near the coast and moisture in the air.
N442QS sits inside the middle half. Its grade and exact place are in the full report.
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Short runways, middle Phenom 300: 2%
Also graded: hot, high takeoffs; density altitude; dust and dry climate.
N442QS 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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The Aircraft Ledger. “N442QS: how this Embraer Phenom 300 is flown.” Data through 31 Jul 2026. theaircraftledger.com/aircraft/n442qs
About 463 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 416 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.
N442QS made 416 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 35 a month, and flew on about 15 days in each month it flew.
7 of its 416 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, 2%, 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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