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Operational record · single airframe

N510BD · Cessna Citation Mustang flight activity

83 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, on about 6 days a month and an estimated 125 hours in the air.

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Last 12 months

How N510BD has been flying

N510BD flies about one and a half times as often as the middle Citation Mustang, inside the 3 to 7 flights a month flown by the middle half of the fleet.

Flights, 12 months
83

Tracked by ADS-B, so a minimum.

Estimated hours, 12 months
≈125 hr

From time in the air. The logbook has the exact total.

Days flown a month
5.8 d

Against 2.8 d for the middle Citation Mustang.

Last tracked
Jul 2026

Last tracked in July 2026. Published seven days later, by month only.

Month by month

83 flights over 12 active months

Flights per month · shaded band is the middle half of the fleet (2.7–7.1 a month)

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9
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N510BD flew more than the middle half of the fleet in 5 of 12 months. Its busiest month was June 2026, with 14 flights.

Its busiest month was June 2026, with 14 flights, and its quietest September 2025, with 1. The record has 25 tracking gaps, so about one flight in 3 may be missing and every count is a minimum.

Chapter 04

Utilization

Typical than the type

How steadily it has been used: flights, flying days and estimated hours against the type.

Used about as much as most. Typical on utilization.

Used at about the rate of most of the fleet, so its maintenance intervals have been used up at a normal pace.

Flights a monthTypical
6.3

Against 3.8 for the middle Citation Mustang (71st). Used like a typical Cessna Citation Mustang.

Home baseContext
In the report

Share of flying days from one field.

The data behind it

Against all 327 tracked Citation Mustangs, over its record since 1 Jan 2025.
DimensionBelowMedianAboveThis tailPctile
Flights a monthTypicalLead metric
In the months it flew
6.3
middle Citation Mustang 3.8
71st
Days flown a monthHarsher
Days with at least one flight
5.2 d
middle Citation Mustang 2.8 d
77th
Estimated hours a yearHarsher
From time in the air
≈106 hr
middle Citation Mustang ≈58 hr
77th
Route shape only. No airports or dates named.

How it travels

One corridor carries a large share of its flights.

Most-flown pair
40%

33 of 83 flights, both directions.

Top three pairs
59%

Most of its flying on three routes.

International
0%

0 flights crossed a border.

One route carries a large share of N510BD’s flying: 40% of flights are on its most-flown pair of airports. Its top three pairs make up 59%, so about four flights in ten go somewhere else. None of its tracked flights crossed a border.

Chapters 01–03

Fatigue, corrosion, engines and brakes

01 Fatigue

Close to the type

How short were its legs? Airframes age by landings as well as by hours. Many short legs put more pressurization cycles on the structure for the same time in the air.

Hours per landing Lead metric
Estimated flight hours per landing

N510BD is in here

middle Citation Mustang 1.2 : 1
In the report

Also graded: short hops. Leg length is shown as context. See this chapter in the sample report →

02 Corrosion

Close to the type

Where does it spend its nights? Where a jet sleeps shapes how fast it corrodes. Salt and damp overnight are what an inspector looks at first.

Salt air Lead metric
Nights within 2 km of the coast, as a share of nights we can place

N510BD is in here

middle Citation Mustang 0%
In the report

Also graded: damp air, freeze–thaw, near the coast and moisture in the air. See this chapter in the sample report →

03 Engines and brakes

Outside the middle of the fleet

How hard were its airfields? Short, hot and high runways ask for more thrust on every takeoff and harder braking on every landing. That wear doesn’t show in the hours.

Short runways Lead metric
Departures where the longest runway was under 1.25× the takeoff distance

N510BD is out here, on one side or the other

middle Citation Mustang 1%
In the report

Also graded: hot, high takeoffs; density altitude; dust and dry climate. See this chapter in the sample report →

TailCheck report

What the full report adds for N510BD

  1. 01 All four chapters graded, with the evidence behind every grade
  2. 02 The operational summary: the whole aircraft in one read
  3. 03 Its longest stay away from base, and what the record does and doesn’t show about it
  4. 04 Its home base pattern and operating rhythm: busiest days and months
  5. 05 PDF, CSV and a share link

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Peers

Other Citation Mustangs

Tails flown at a similar rate, with their tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026. Each has its own free page.

TailFlights, 12 monthsEstimated hours a year
ZK-YDZ55≈51
G-SCCA102≈66
ZK-VXM78≈71
N337CM58≈101
N510SW85≈134
Questions

About N510BD

How many hours does N510BD fly a year?

About 125 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 83 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.

How often is N510BD flown?

N510BD made 83 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 7 a month, and flew on about 6 days in each month it flew.

Does N510BD fly internationally?

None of its 83 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026 crossed a border.

When did N510BD last fly?

It was last tracked in July 2026. We publish an aircraft’s flights seven days after they happen, and show them by month only.

Why don’t you show which airports N510BD uses?

We leave out airports, bases and exact dates on purpose. We show how an aircraft has been used, not where it goes.

What’s in the full TailCheck report for N510BD?

All four graded chapters (Fatigue, Corrosion, Engines and brakes, and Utilization), each against the tracked Citation Mustangs, plus the operational summary and operating rhythm, as a PDF, CSV and share link. It costs $395, or $995 a month for unlimited reports and Spotlight.

Method

How this page is made

Everything here comes from N510BD’s ADS-B track, the position signal aircraft broadcast, over the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026. ADS-B misses some flights, so every count is a minimum. Flights appear seven days after they happen, by month only, and hours are estimated from time in the air; the logbook has the real totals. Airports, bases and exact dates are left out on purpose. How grades work: each graded measure is placed among the tracked Citation Mustangs against the middle aircraft, the 50th percentile. Between the 25th and 75th it is typical; outside that band it is gentler or harsher. Utilization is graded here for free; for the other chapters this page shows the middle value of the fleet and whether this aircraft sits inside the middle half or outside it. Their grades and values are in the report, not on this page. Owners and operators can ask us not to publish an aircraft’s activity.

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