Tail record, Bombardier Challenger 300 (Challenger 350), United States register
A busy Challenger 300: flown more than three quarters of its type.
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Busier than 97% of Challenger 300s, by flights a month.
Tracked flights
501
in the twelve months, about 42 a month
Busiest Challenger 300s
26th
of 836 tracked, by flights a month
Estimated hours
≈813
in the twelve months, from time in the air
Flights a month, every tracked Challenger 300
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N558FX flew more than the middle half of the fleet in every month. Its busiest month was October 2025, with 58 flights.
Its busiest month was October 2025, with 58 flights, and its quietest August 2025, with 24. The record has 206 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 836 tracked Challenger 300s. Every dot is one aircraft; the gold one is N558FX.
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. 97th percentile
36.6middle Challenger 300 8.4
Days flown a month97th percentile
18.0 dmiddle Challenger 300 5.8 d
Estimated hours a year97th percentile
≈741 hrmiddle Challenger 300 ≈167 hr
Harsher means harder on the aircraft than three quarters of Challenger 300s; typical is the middle half. Percentiles compare this aircraft with every tracked Challenger 300, over its record since 1 Jan 2025.
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The fleet is shown, and whether N558FX sits inside its middle half. Its grades and values are in the full report.
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Hours per landing, middle Challenger 300: 1.6 : 1
Also graded: short hops. Leg length is shown as context.
N558FX sits inside the middle half. Its grade and exact place are in the full report.
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Salt air, middle Challenger 300: 4%
Also graded: damp air, freeze–thaw, near the coast and moisture in the air.
N558FX 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 Challenger 300: 20%
Also graded: hot, high takeoffs; density altitude; dust and dry climate.
N558FX 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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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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N558FX, Bombardier Challenger 300
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The Aircraft Ledger. “N558FX: how this Bombardier Challenger 300 is flown.” Data through 31 Jul 2026. theaircraftledger.com/aircraft/n558fx
About 813 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 501 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.
N558FX made 501 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 42 a month, and flew on about 19 days in each month it flew.
15 of its 501 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, 3%, 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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