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Operational record · single airframe

N55NG · Embraer Praetor 500 flight activity

77 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, on about 5 days a month and an estimated 135 hours in the air.

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Last 12 months

How N55NG has been flying

N55NG flies about a third as often as the middle Praetor 500, well below the 6 to 34 flights a month flown by the middle half of the fleet.

Flights, 12 months
77

Tracked by ADS-B, so a minimum.

Estimated hours, 12 months
≈135 hr

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

Days flown a month
5.0 d

Against 14.4 d for the middle Praetor 500.

Last tracked
Jul 2026

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

Month by month

77 flights over 12 active months

Flights per month · shaded band is the middle half of the fleet (6.3–33.6 a month)

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N55NG stayed within or below the middle half of the fleet in every month. Its busiest month was August 2025, with 13 flights.

Its busiest month was August 2025, with 13 flights, and its quietest February 2026, with 1. The record has 27 tracking gaps, so about one flight in 3 may be missing and every count is a minimum.

Chapter 04

Utilization

Gentler than the type

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

Flown less than most. Gentler on utilization.

Light use spends maintenance intervals slowly, but long spells parked bring their own wear: seals, corrosion and preservation. Worth asking how it was stored.

Flights a monthGentler
5.3

Against 27.6 for the middle Praetor 500 (18th). Used more lightly than most.

Home baseContext
In the report

Share of flying days from one field.

The data behind it

Against all 142 tracked Praetor 500s, over its record since 1 Jan 2025.
DimensionBelowMedianAboveThis tailPctile
Flights a monthGentlerLead metric
In the months it flew
5.3
middle Praetor 500 27.6
18th
Days flown a monthGentler
Days with at least one flight
4.3 d
middle Praetor 500 14.4 d
23rd
Estimated hours a yearTypical
From time in the air
≈118 hr
middle Praetor 500 ≈513 hr
26th
Route shape only. No airports or dates named.

How it travels

Its flying is spread across many routes.

Most-flown pair
8%

6 of 77 flights, both directions.

Top three pairs
18%

Spread across many destinations.

International
7%

5 flights crossed a border.

N55NG’s flying is spread across many routes. Its most-flown pair of airports carries 8% of flights, 6 of 77, counting both directions. Its top three pairs make up 18%, so about eight flights in ten go somewhere else. Of its 77 tracked flights, 5 (7%) crossed a border.

Chapters 01–03

Fatigue, corrosion, engines and brakes

01 Fatigue

Outside the middle of the fleet

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

N55NG is out here, on one side or the other

middle Praetor 500 1.5 : 1
In the report

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

02 Corrosion

Outside the middle of the fleet

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

N55NG is out here, on one side or the other

middle Praetor 500 8%
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

Outside the middle of the fleet

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

N55NG is out here, on one side or the other

middle Praetor 500 11%
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 N55NG

  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

Other Praetor 500s

Tails flown at a similar rate, with their tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026. Each has its own free page.

TailFlights, 12 monthsEstimated hours a year
N81WE52≈117
N676BB47≈83
N92CE72≈101
N897BA44≈81
N786B25≈78
Questions

About N55NG

How many hours does N55NG fly a year?

About 135 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 77 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.

How often is N55NG flown?

N55NG made 77 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 6 a month, and flew on about 5 days in each month it flew.

Does N55NG fly internationally?

5 of its 77 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, 7%, crossed a border.

When did N55NG last fly?

It was last tracked in July 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 N55NG 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 N55NG?

All four graded chapters (Fatigue, Corrosion, Engines and brakes, and Utilization), each against the tracked Praetor 500s, 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 N55NG’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 Praetor 500s 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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