Tail record, Cessna Citation XLS, United States register
14 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, on about 2 days a month and an estimated 35 hours in the air.
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14 tracked flights in the twelve months to 31 Jul 2026.
Tracked flights
14
in the twelve months, about 1 a month
Days flown a month
1.6
in the months it flew
Estimated hours
≈35
in the twelve months, from time in the air
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Its busiest month was January 2026, with 3 flights.
Its busiest month was January 2026, with 3 flights. It did not fly in August 2025. The record has 9 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 840 tracked Citation XLSs. The shaded band is the middle half; the gold dot is N553PK.
Chapter 4
Not graded
How hard has it been used?
Not compared: no percentile for this aircraft yet.
Flights a monthLead measure. Not compared: no percentile for this aircraft yet.
1.7Not compared
Days flown a monthNot compared: no percentile for this aircraft yet.
1.7 dNot compared
Estimated hours a yearNot compared: no percentile for this aircraft yet.
≈52 hrNot compared
Harsher means harder on the aircraft than three quarters of Citation XLSs; typical is the middle half. Percentiles compare this aircraft with every tracked Citation XLS, over its record since 1 Jan 2025.
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The fleet is shown, and whether N553PK sits inside its middle half. Its grades and values are in the full report.
Chapter 1
Hours per landing, middle Citation XLS: 1.3 : 1
Also graded: short hops. Leg length is shown as context.
Not graded: not enough data.
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Salt air, middle Citation XLS: 1%
Also graded: damp air, freeze–thaw, near the coast and moisture in the air.
Not graded: not enough data.
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Short runways, middle Citation XLS: 4%
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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N553PK, Cessna Citation XLS
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The Aircraft Ledger. “N553PK: how this Cessna Citation XLS is flown.” Data through 31 Jul 2026. theaircraftledger.com/aircraft/n553pk
About 35 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 14 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.
N553PK made 14 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 1 a month, and flew on about 2 days in each month it flew.
None of its 14 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026 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.
We leave out airports, bases and exact dates on purpose. We show how an aircraft has been used, not where it goes.
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