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Operational record · single airframe

N556AV · Gulfstream G600 flight activity

53 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, on about 4 days a month and an estimated 128 hours in the air.

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Last 12 months

How N556AV has been flying

N556AV flies about as often as the middle G600, inside the 4 to 8 flights a month flown by the middle half of the fleet.

Flights, 12 months
53

Tracked by ADS-B, so a minimum.

Estimated hours, 12 months
≈128 hr

From time in the air. The logbook has the exact total.

Days flown a month
4.4 d

Against 4.4 d for the middle G600.

Last tracked
Jun 2026

Last tracked in June 2026. Published seven days later, by month only.

Month by month

53 flights over 9 active months

Flights per month · shaded band is the middle half of the fleet (4.2–8.1 a month)

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N556AV flew more than the middle half of the fleet in 1 of 12 months. Its busiest month was February 2026, with 10 flights.

Its busiest month was February 2026, with 10 flights. It did not fly in August 2025. The record has 35 tracking gaps, so about one flight in 2 may be missing and every count is a minimum.

Chapter 04

Utilization

Typical than the type

How steadily it has been used: flights, flying days and estimated hours against the type.

Used about as much as most. Typical on utilization.

Used at about the rate of most of the fleet, so its maintenance intervals have been used up at a normal pace.

Flights a monthTypical
5.4

Against 5.8 for the middle G600 (44th). Used like a typical Gulfstream G600.

Home baseContext
In the report

Share of flying days from one field.

The data behind it

Against all 165 tracked G600s, over its record since 1 Jan 2025.
DimensionBelowMedianAboveThis tailPctile
Flights a monthTypicalLead metric
In the months it flew
5.4
middle G600 5.8
44th
Days flown a monthTypical
Days with at least one flight
3.9 d
middle G600 4.4 d
39th
Estimated hours a yearTypical
From time in the air
≈134 hr
middle G600 ≈153 hr
35th
Route shape only. No airports or dates named.

How it travels

Its flying is spread across many routes.

Most-flown pair
8%

4 of 53 flights, both directions.

Top three pairs
17%

Spread across many destinations.

International
9%

5 flights crossed a border.

N556AV’s flying is spread across many routes. Its most-flown pair of airports carries 8% of flights, 4 of 53, counting both directions. Its top three pairs make up 17%, so about eight flights in ten go somewhere else. Of its 53 tracked flights, 5 (9%) crossed a border.

Chapters 01–03

Fatigue, corrosion, engines and brakes

01 Fatigue

Close to the type

How short were its legs? Airframes age by landings as well as by hours. Many short legs put more pressurization cycles on the structure for the same time in the air.

Hours per landing Lead metric
Estimated flight hours per landing

N556AV is in here

middle G600 2.3 : 1
In the report

Also graded: short hops. Leg length is shown as context. See this chapter in the sample report →

02 Corrosion

Not graded: not enough data

Where does it spend its nights? Where a jet sleeps shapes how fast it corrodes. Salt and damp overnight are what an inspector looks at first.

Salt air Lead metric
Nights within 2 km of the coast, as a share of nights we can place
middle G600 3%
In the report

Also graded: damp air, freeze–thaw, near the coast and moisture in the air. See this chapter in the sample report →

03 Engines and brakes

Close to the type

How hard were its airfields? Short, hot and high runways ask for more thrust on every takeoff and harder braking on every landing. That wear doesn’t show in the hours.

Short runways Lead metric
Departures where the longest runway was under 1.25× the takeoff distance

N556AV is in here

middle G600 31%
In the report

Also graded: hot, high takeoffs; density altitude; dust and dry climate. See this chapter in the sample report →

TailCheck report

What the full report adds for N556AV

  1. 01 All four chapters graded, with the evidence behind every grade
  2. 02 The operational summary: the whole aircraft in one read
  3. 03 Its longest stay away from base, and what the record does and doesn’t show about it
  4. 04 Its home base pattern and operating rhythm: busiest days and months
  5. 05 PDF, CSV and a share link

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Peers

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N959RW28≈140
N888PX60≈121
N1911W62≈109
N61AV68≈143
M-INKE71≈136
Questions

About N556AV

How many hours does N556AV fly a year?

About 128 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 53 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.

How often is N556AV flown?

N556AV made 53 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 4 a month, and flew on about 4 days in each month it flew.

Does N556AV fly internationally?

5 of its 53 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, 9%, crossed a border.

When did N556AV last fly?

It was last tracked in June 2026. We publish an aircraft’s flights seven days after they happen, and show them by month only.

Why don’t you show which airports N556AV uses?

We leave out airports, bases and exact dates on purpose. We show how an aircraft has been used, not where it goes.

What’s in the full TailCheck report for N556AV?

All four graded chapters (Fatigue, Corrosion, Engines and brakes, and Utilization), each against the tracked G600s, plus the operational summary and operating rhythm, as a PDF, CSV and share link. It costs $395, or $995 a month for unlimited reports and Spotlight.

Method

How this page is made

Everything here comes from N556AV’s ADS-B track, the position signal aircraft broadcast, over the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026. ADS-B misses some flights, so every count is a minimum. Flights appear seven days after they happen, by month only, and hours are estimated from time in the air; the logbook has the real totals. Airports, bases and exact dates are left out on purpose. How grades work: each graded measure is placed among the tracked G600s against the middle aircraft, the 50th percentile. Between the 25th and 75th it is typical; outside that band it is gentler or harsher. Utilization is graded here for free; for the other chapters this page shows the middle value of the fleet and whether this aircraft sits inside the middle half or outside it. Their grades and values are in the report, not on this page. Owners and operators can ask us not to publish an aircraft’s activity.

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