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Tail record, Cessna Citation III/VI/VII, United States register
65 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Oct 2026, on about 5 days a month and an estimated 71 hours in the air.
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65 tracked flights in the twelve months to 31 Oct 2026.
Tracked flights
65
in the twelve months, about 5 a month
Days flown a month
5.2
in the months it flew
Estimated hours
≈71
in the twelve months, from time in the air
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Its busiest month was December 2025, with 16 flights.
Its busiest month was December 2025, with 16 flights. It did not fly in July 2026. The record has 17 tracking gaps, so about one flight in 4 may be missing and every count is a minimum.
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Each measure against all 167 tracked Citation IIIs. The shaded band is the middle half; the gold dot is N650JA.
Chapter 4
Not graded
How hard has it been used?
Not compared: no percentile for this aircraft yet.
Flights a monthLead measure. Not compared: no percentile for this aircraft yet.
4.5Not compared
Days flown a monthNot compared: no percentile for this aircraft yet.
3.3 dNot compared
Estimated hours a yearNot compared: no percentile for this aircraft yet.
≈70 hrNot compared
Harsher means harder on the aircraft than three quarters of Citation IIIs; typical is the middle half. Percentiles compare this aircraft with every tracked Citation III, over its record since 4 Nov 2024.
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The fleet is shown, and whether N650JA sits inside its middle half. Its grades and values are in the full report.
Chapter 1
Hours per landing, middle Citation III: 1.3 : 1
Also graded: short hops. Leg length is shown as context.
Not graded: not enough data.
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Salt air, middle Citation III: 0%
Also graded: damp air, freeze–thaw, near the coast and moisture in the air.
Not graded: not enough data.
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Also graded: hot, high takeoffs; density altitude; dust and dry climate.
Not graded: not enough data.
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The Aircraft Ledger. “N650JA: how this Cessna Citation III/VI/VII is flown.” Data through 31 Oct 2026. theaircraftledger.com/aircraft/n650ja
About 71 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Oct 2026, across 65 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.
N650JA made 65 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Oct 2026, about 5 a month, and flew on about 5 days in each month it flew.
25 of its 65 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Oct 2026, 58%, crossed a border.
It was last tracked in October 2026. We publish an aircraft’s flights seven days after they happen, and show them by month only.
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