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Operational record · single airframe

N60VE · Gulfstream G600 flight activity

103 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, on about 6 days a month and an estimated 277 hours in the air.

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Last 12 months

How N60VE has been flying

N60VE flies about one and a half times as often as the middle G600, well above the 4 to 8 flights a month flown by the middle half of the fleet.

Flights, 12 months
103

Tracked by ADS-B, so a minimum.

Estimated hours, 12 months
≈277 hr

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

Days flown a month
5.6 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

103 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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14
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18
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N60VE flew more than the middle half of the fleet in 5 of 12 months. Its busiest month was February 2026, with 18 flights.

Its busiest month was February 2026, with 18 flights, and its quietest December 2025, with 2. The record has 33 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
8.8

Against 5.8 for the middle G600 (80th). 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
8.8
middle G600 5.8
80th
Days flown a monthTypical
Days with at least one flight
5.7 d
middle G600 4.4 d
70th
Estimated hours a yearHarsher
From time in the air
≈288 hr
middle G600 ≈153 hr
93rd
Route shape only. No airports or dates named.

How it travels

Its flying is spread across many routes.

Most-flown pair
8%

8 of 103 flights, both directions.

Top three pairs
18%

Spread across many destinations.

International
20%

20 flights crossed a border.

N60VE’s flying is spread across many routes. Its most-flown pair of airports carries 8% of flights, 8 of 103, counting both directions. Its top three pairs make up 18%, so about eight flights in ten go somewhere else. Of its 103 tracked flights, 20 (20%) 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

N60VE is out here, on one side or the other

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

Close to the type

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

N60VE is in here

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

N60VE 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 N60VE

  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 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
N102BG104≈266
N623MM100≈304
N244S49≈196
N56CA94≈178
N966RW96≈336
Questions

About N60VE

How many hours does N60VE fly a year?

About 277 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 103 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.

How often is N60VE flown?

N60VE made 103 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 9 a month, and flew on about 6 days in each month it flew.

Does N60VE fly internationally?

20 of its 103 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, 20%, crossed a border.

When did N60VE 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 N60VE 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 N60VE?

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 N60VE’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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