Tail record, Cessna Citation Latitude, United States register
Flown about as much as most Citation Latitudes: inside the middle half of its type.
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Busier than 52% of Citation Latitudes, by flights a month.
Tracked flights
434
in the twelve months, about 36 a month
Busiest Citation Latitudes
209th
of 434 tracked, by flights a month
Estimated hours
≈610
in the twelve months, from time in the air
Flights a month, every tracked Citation Latitude
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N551QS flew more than the middle half of the fleet in 6 of 12 months. Its busiest month was March 2026, with 71 flights.
Its busiest month was March 2026, with 71 flights, and its quietest August 2025, with 1. The record has 181 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 434 tracked Citation Latitudes. Every dot is one aircraft; the gold one is N551QS.
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. 52nd percentile
32.0middle Citation Latitude 31.6
Days flown a month50th percentile
14.8 dmiddle Citation Latitude 14.8 d
Estimated hours a year64th percentile
≈555 hrmiddle Citation Latitude ≈508 hr
Harsher means harder on the aircraft than three quarters of Citation Latitudes; typical is the middle half. Percentiles compare this aircraft with every tracked Citation Latitude, over its record since 1 Jan 2025.
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The fleet is shown, and whether N551QS sits inside its middle half. Its grades and values are in the full report.
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Hours per landing, middle Citation Latitude: 1.4 : 1
Also graded: short hops. Leg length is shown as context.
N551QS sits inside the middle half. Its grade and exact place are in the full report.
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Salt air, middle Citation Latitude: 8%
Also graded: damp air, freeze–thaw, near the coast and moisture in the air.
N551QS 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 Citation Latitude: 3%
Also graded: hot, high takeoffs; density altitude; dust and dry climate.
N551QS sits inside the middle half. Its grade and exact place are in the full report.
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The Aircraft Ledger. “N551QS: how this Cessna Citation Latitude is flown.” Data through 31 Jul 2026. theaircraftledger.com/aircraft/n551qs
About 610 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 434 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.
N551QS made 434 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 36 a month, and flew on about 15 days in each month it flew.
15 of its 434 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, 4%, crossed a border.
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