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Operational record · single airframe

N60QJ · Gulfstream G600 flight activity

116 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, on about 7 days a month and an estimated 253 hours in the air.

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Last 12 months

How N60QJ has been flying

N60QJ 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
116

Tracked by ADS-B, so a minimum.

Estimated hours, 12 months
≈253 hr

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

Days flown a month
6.8 d

Against 4.4 d for the middle G600.

Last tracked
Jul 2026

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

Month by month

116 flights over 12 active months

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

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N60QJ flew more than the middle half of the fleet in 5 of 12 months. Its busiest month was March 2026, with 21 flights.

Its busiest month was March 2026, with 21 flights, and its quietest December 2025, with 1. The record has 39 tracking gaps, so about one flight in 3 may be missing and every count is a minimum.

Chapter 04

Utilization

Harsher than the type

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

Flown far more than most. Harsher on utilization.

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 monthHarsher
8.3

Against 5.8 for the middle G600 (76th). Used harder than most.

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 monthHarsherLead metric
In the months it flew
8.3
middle G600 5.8
76th
Days flown a monthHarsher
Days with at least one flight
6.2 d
middle G600 4.4 d
79th
Estimated hours a yearHarsher
From time in the air
≈224 hr
middle G600 ≈153 hr
79th
Route shape only. No airports or dates named.

How it travels

Its flying is spread across many routes.

Most-flown pair
15%

17 of 116 flights, both directions.

Top three pairs
29%

Spread across many destinations.

International
17%

19 flights crossed a border.

N60QJ’s flying is spread across many routes. Its most-flown pair of airports carries 15% of flights, 17 of 116, counting both directions. Its top three pairs make up 29%, so about seven flights in ten go somewhere else. Of its 116 tracked flights, 19 (17%) 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

N60QJ 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

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

N60QJ is out here, on one side or the other

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

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

N60QJ is out here, on one side or the other

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 N60QJ

  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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$395 for N60QJ, one payment

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Peers

Other G600s

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
N620MS103≈242
N711VT81≈147
N1876T104≈206
N622PF93≈244
N5456W92≈281
Questions

About N60QJ

How many hours does N60QJ fly a year?

About 253 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 116 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.

How often is N60QJ flown?

N60QJ made 116 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 10 a month, and flew on about 7 days in each month it flew.

Does N60QJ fly internationally?

19 of its 116 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, 17%, crossed a border.

When did N60QJ 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 N60QJ 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 N60QJ?

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 N60QJ’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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