Tail record, Gulfstream GIV, United States register
A busy GIV: flown more than three quarters of its type.
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Busier than 98% of GIVs, by flights a month.
Tracked flights
286
in the twelve months, about 24 a month
Busiest GIVs
13th
of 620 tracked, by flights a month
Estimated hours
≈516
in the twelve months, from time in the air
Flights a month, every tracked GIV
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N487FX flew more than the middle half of the fleet in 10 of 12 months. Its busiest month was June 2026, with 41 flights.
Its busiest month was June 2026, with 41 flights. It did not fly in February 2026. The record has 136 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 620 tracked GIVs. Every dot is one aircraft; the gold one is N487FX.
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. 98th percentile
25.8middle GIV 5.6
Days flown a month98th percentile
15.1 dmiddle GIV 4.2 d
Estimated hours a year95th percentile
≈566 hrmiddle GIV ≈134 hr
Harsher means harder on the aircraft than three quarters of GIVs; typical is the middle half. Percentiles compare this aircraft with every tracked GIV, over its record since 1 Jan 2025.
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The fleet is shown, and whether N487FX sits inside its middle half. Its grades and values are in the full report.
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Hours per landing, middle GIV: 2.0 : 1
Also graded: short hops. Leg length is shown as context.
N487FX sits inside the middle half. Its grade and exact place are in the full report.
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Salt air, middle GIV: 3%
Also graded: damp air, freeze–thaw, near the coast and moisture in the air.
N487FX 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 GIV: 35%
Also graded: hot, high takeoffs; density altitude; dust and dry climate.
N487FX 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.
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Every chapter has this table, with a note on any assumption behind it.
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The Aircraft Ledger. “N487FX: how this Gulfstream GIV is flown.” Data through 31 Jul 2026. theaircraftledger.com/aircraft/n487fx
About 516 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 286 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.
N487FX made 286 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 24 a month, and flew on about 15 days in each month it flew.
23 of its 286 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, 9%, 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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