Tail record, Embraer Phenom 100, United States register
A lightly flown Phenom 100: flown less than three quarters of its type.
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Flown less often than 80% of Phenom 100s, by flights a month.
Tracked flights
35
in the twelve months, about 3 a month
Busiest Phenom 100s
194th
of 242 tracked, by flights a month
Estimated hours
≈60
in the twelve months, from time in the air
Flights a month, every tracked Phenom 100
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N56SB flew more than the middle half of the fleet in 1 of 12 months. Its busiest month was December 2025, with 7 flights.
Its busiest month was December 2025, with 7 flights. It did not fly in August 2025. The record has 19 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 242 tracked Phenom 100s. Every dot is one aircraft; the gold one is N56SB.
Chapter 4
Gentler than its type
How hard has it been used?
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 monthLead measure. 20th percentile
2.4middle Phenom 100 3.9
Days flown a month17th percentile
1.9 dmiddle Phenom 100 2.9 d
Estimated hours a year46th percentile
≈52 hrmiddle Phenom 100 ≈55 hr
Harsher means harder on the aircraft than three quarters of Phenom 100s; typical is the middle half. Percentiles compare this aircraft with every tracked Phenom 100, over its record since 1 Jan 2025.
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The fleet is shown, and whether N56SB sits inside its middle half. Its grades and values are in the full report.
Chapter 1
Hours per landing, middle Phenom 100: 1.1 : 1
Also graded: short hops. Leg length is shown as context.
N56SB 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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Salt air, middle Phenom 100: 0%
Also graded: damp air, freeze–thaw, near the coast and moisture in the air.
N56SB sits inside the middle half. Its grade and exact place are in the full report.
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Short runways, middle Phenom 100: 3%
Also graded: hot, high takeoffs; density altitude; dust and dry climate.
N56SB 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.
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Every chapter has this table, with a note on any assumption behind it.
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The Aircraft Ledger. “N56SB: how this Embraer Phenom 100 is flown.” Data through 31 Jul 2026. theaircraftledger.com/aircraft/n56sb
About 60 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 35 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.
N56SB made 35 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 3 a month, and flew on about 2 days in each month it flew.
None of its 35 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026 crossed a border.
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