Tail record, Honda HondaJet HA-420, United States register
A busy HondaJet HA-420: flown more than three quarters of its type.
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Busier than 95% of HondaJet HA-420s, by flights a month.
Tracked flights
85
in the twelve months, about 7 a month
Busiest HondaJet HA-420s
10th
of 189 tracked, by flights a month
Estimated hours
≈85
in the twelve months, from time in the air
Flights a month, every tracked HondaJet HA-420
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N542MP flew more than the middle half of the fleet in 5 of 12 months. Its busiest month was June 2026, with 26 flights.
Its busiest month was June 2026, with 26 flights. It did not fly in August 2025. The record has 28 tracking gaps, so about one flight in 3 may be missing and every count is a minimum.
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Each measure against all 189 tracked HondaJet HA-420s. Every dot is one aircraft; the gold one is N542MP.
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. 95th percentile
13.4middle HondaJet HA-420 4.4
Days flown a month96th percentile
7.4 dmiddle HondaJet HA-420 3.1 d
Estimated hours a year95th percentile
≈178 hrmiddle HondaJet HA-420 ≈70 hr
Harsher means harder on the aircraft than three quarters of HondaJet HA-420s; typical is the middle half. Percentiles compare this aircraft with every tracked HondaJet HA-420, over its record since 1 Jan 2025.
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The fleet is shown, and whether N542MP sits inside its middle half. Its grades and values are in the full report.
Chapter 1
Hours per landing, middle HondaJet HA-420: 1.3 : 1
Also graded: short hops. Leg length is shown as context.
N542MP sits inside the middle half. Its grade and exact place are in the full report.
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Salt air, middle HondaJet HA-420: 0%
Also graded: damp air, freeze–thaw, near the coast and moisture in the air.
N542MP 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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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. “N542MP: how this Honda HondaJet HA-420 is flown.” Data through 31 Jul 2026. theaircraftledger.com/aircraft/n542mp
About 85 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 85 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.
N542MP made 85 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.
7 of its 85 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, 8%, 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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