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 99% of Phenom 300s, by flights a month.
Tracked flights
588
in the twelve months, about 49 a month
Busiest Phenom 300s
9th
of 851 tracked, by flights a month
Estimated hours
≈683
in the twelve months, from time in the air
Flights a month, every tracked Phenom 300
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N489QS flew more than the middle half of the fleet in every month. Its busiest month was June 2026, with 64 flights.
Its busiest month was June 2026, with 64 flights, and its quietest January 2026, with 38. The record has 271 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 N489QS.
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. 99th percentile
43.1middle Phenom 300 11.2
Days flown a month99th percentile
18.8 dmiddle Phenom 300 7.3 d
Estimated hours a year98th percentile
≈612 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 N489QS sits inside its middle half. Its grades and values are in the full report.
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Hours per landing, middle Phenom 300: 1.2 : 1
Also graded: short hops. Leg length is shown as context.
N489QS 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.
N489QS 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.
N489QS 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. “N489QS: how this Embraer Phenom 300 is flown.” Data through 31 Jul 2026. theaircraftledger.com/aircraft/n489qs
About 683 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 588 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.
N489QS made 588 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 49 a month, and flew on about 21 days in each month it flew.
15 of its 588 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, 3%, 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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