Tail record, Gulfstream GV (G550), United States register
Flown about as much as most GVs: inside the middle half of its type.
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Flown less often than 52% of GVs, by flights a month.
Tracked flights
63
in the twelve months, about 5 a month
Busiest GVs
332nd
of 638 tracked, by flights a month
Estimated hours
≈168
in the twelve months, from time in the air
Flights a month, every tracked GV
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N550PL flew more than the middle half of the fleet in 1 of 12 months. Its busiest month was May 2026, with 14 flights.
Its busiest month was May 2026, with 14 flights. It did not fly in December 2025. The record has 18 tracking gaps, so about one flight in 4 may be missing and every count is a minimum.
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Each measure against all 638 tracked GVs. Every dot is one aircraft; the gold one is N550PL.
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. 48th percentile
4.9middle GV 5.0
Days flown a month54th percentile
4.1 dmiddle GV 3.9 d
Estimated hours a year59th percentile
≈169 hrmiddle GV ≈149 hr
Harsher means harder on the aircraft than three quarters of GVs; typical is the middle half. Percentiles compare this aircraft with every tracked GV, over its record since 1 Jan 2025.
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The fleet is shown, and whether N550PL sits inside its middle half. Its grades and values are in the full report.
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Hours per landing, middle GV: 2.4 : 1
Also graded: short hops. Leg length is shown as context.
N550PL sits inside the middle half. Its grade and exact place are in the full report.
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Salt air, middle GV: 3%
Also graded: damp air, freeze–thaw, near the coast and moisture in the air.
N550PL 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 GV: 32%
Also graded: hot, high takeoffs; density altitude; dust and dry climate.
N550PL sits inside the middle half. Its grade and exact place are in the full report.
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The Aircraft Ledger. “N550PL: how this Gulfstream GV is flown.” Data through 31 Jul 2026. theaircraftledger.com/aircraft/n550pl
About 168 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 63 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.
N550PL made 63 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 5 a month, and flew on about 5 days in each month it flew.
22 of its 63 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, 36%, crossed a border.
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