Tail record, Bombardier Challenger 300 (Challenger 350), United States register
A busy Challenger 300: flown more than three quarters of its type.
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Busier than 95% of Challenger 300s, by flights a month.
Tracked flights
449
in the twelve months, about 37 a month
Busiest Challenger 300s
43rd
of 836 tracked, by flights a month
Estimated hours
≈678
in the twelve months, from time in the air
Flights a month, every tracked Challenger 300
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N706QS flew more than the middle half of the fleet in 11 of 12 months. Its busiest month was January 2026, with 53 flights.
Its busiest month was January 2026, with 53 flights, and its quietest December 2025, with 20. The record has 182 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 836 tracked Challenger 300s. Every dot is one aircraft; the gold one is N706QS.
Chapter 4
Harsher than its type
How hard has it been used?
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 monthLead measure. 95th percentile
35.6middle Challenger 300 8.4
Days flown a month95th percentile
17.4 dmiddle Challenger 300 5.8 d
Estimated hours a year92nd percentile
≈654 hrmiddle Challenger 300 ≈167 hr
Harsher means harder on the aircraft than three quarters of Challenger 300s; typical is the middle half. Percentiles compare this aircraft with every tracked Challenger 300, over its record since 1 Jan 2025.
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The fleet is shown, and whether N706QS sits inside its middle half. Its grades and values are in the full report.
Chapter 1
Hours per landing, middle Challenger 300: 1.6 : 1
Also graded: short hops. Leg length is shown as context.
N706QS sits inside the middle half. Its grade and exact place are in the full report.
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Salt air, middle Challenger 300: 4%
Also graded: damp air, freeze–thaw, near the coast and moisture in the air.
N706QS sits inside the middle half. Its grade and exact place are in the full report.
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Short runways, middle Challenger 300: 20%
Also graded: hot, high takeoffs; density altitude; dust and dry climate.
N706QS sits inside the middle half. 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. “N706QS: how this Bombardier Challenger 300 is flown.” Data through 31 Jul 2026. theaircraftledger.com/aircraft/n706qs
About 678 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 449 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.
N706QS made 449 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 37 a month, and flew on about 17 days in each month it flew.
26 of its 449 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, 6%, crossed a border.
It was last tracked in July 2026. We publish an aircraft’s flights seven days after they happen, and show them by month only.
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