Tail record, Gulfstream GIV, United States register
Flown about as much as most GIVs: inside the middle half of its type.
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Flown less often than 71% of GIVs, by flights a month.
Tracked flights
45
in the twelve months, about 4 a month
Busiest GIVs
440th
of 620 tracked, by flights a month
Estimated hours
≈113
in the twelve months, from time in the air
Flights a month, every tracked GIV
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N510SP flew more than the middle half of the fleet in 2 of 12 months. Its busiest month was January 2026, with 10 flights.
Its busiest month was January 2026, with 10 flights. It did not fly in December 2025. The record has 20 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 N510SP.
Chapter 4
Typical for its type
How hard has it been used?
Used at about the rate of most of the fleet, so its maintenance intervals have been used up at a normal pace.
Flights a monthLead measure. 29th percentile
3.8middle GIV 5.6
Days flown a month24th percentile
2.9 dmiddle GIV 4.2 d
Estimated hours a year46th percentile
≈124 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 N510SP 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.
N510SP 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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Salt air, middle GIV: 3%
Also graded: damp air, freeze–thaw, near the coast and moisture in the air.
N510SP 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.
N510SP 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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The Aircraft Ledger. “N510SP: how this Gulfstream GIV is flown.” Data through 31 Jul 2026. theaircraftledger.com/aircraft/n510sp
About 113 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 45 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.
N510SP made 45 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 4 a month, and flew on about 3 days in each month it flew.
35 of its 45 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, 95%, crossed a border.
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