Tail record, Cessna Citation Excel, United States register
12 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Oct 2026, on about 2 days a month and an estimated 9 hours in the air.
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12 tracked flights in the twelve months to 31 Oct 2026.
Tracked flights
12
in the twelve months, about 1 a month
Days flown a month
2.0
in the months it flew
Estimated hours
≈9
in the twelve months, from time in the air
02
Its busiest month was December 2025, with 5 flights.
Its busiest month was December 2025, with 5 flights. It did not fly in March 2026. The record has 1 tracking gap, so about one flight in 12 may be missing and every count is a minimum.
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Each measure against all 60 tracked Citation Excels. The shaded band is the middle half; the gold dot is N487AV.
Chapter 4
Not graded
How hard has it been used?
Not compared: no percentile for this aircraft yet.
Flights a monthLead measure. Not compared: no percentile for this aircraft yet.
2.5Not compared
Days flown a monthNot compared: no percentile for this aircraft yet.
1.8 dNot compared
Estimated hours a yearNot compared: no percentile for this aircraft yet.
≈25 hrNot compared
Harsher means harder on the aircraft than three quarters of Citation Excels; typical is the middle half. Percentiles compare this aircraft with every tracked Citation Excel, over its record since 4 Nov 2024.
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The fleet is shown, and whether N487AV sits inside its middle half. Its grades and values are in the full report.
Chapter 1
Hours per landing, middle Citation Excel: 1.3 : 1
Also graded: short hops. Leg length is shown as context.
Not graded: not enough data.
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Also graded: damp air, freeze–thaw, near the coast and moisture in the air.
Not graded: not enough data.
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Short runways, middle Citation Excel: 9%
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.
Page one
Every chapter has this table, with a note on any assumption behind it.
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The Aircraft Ledger. “N487AV: how this Cessna Citation Excel is flown.” Data through 31 Oct 2026. theaircraftledger.com/aircraft/n487av
About 9 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Oct 2026, across 12 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.
N487AV made 12 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Oct 2026, about 1 a month, and flew on about 2 days in each month it flew.
None of its 12 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Oct 2026 crossed a border.
It was last tracked in February 2026. We publish an aircraft’s flights seven days after they happen, and show them by month only.
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