Tail record, Bombardier Global Express, United States register
Flown about as much as most Global Expresses: inside the middle half of its type.
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Busier than 56% of Global Expresses, by flights a month.
Tracked flights
56
in the twelve months, about 5 a month
Busiest Global Expresses
16th
of 35 tracked, by flights a month
Estimated hours
≈113
in the twelve months, from time in the air
Flights a month, every tracked Global Express
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N801AD flew more than the middle half of the fleet in 1 of 12 months. Its busiest month was May 2026, with 9 flights.
Its busiest month was May 2026, with 9 flights, and its quietest August 2025, with 1. The record has 34 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 35 tracked Global Expresses. Every dot is one aircraft; the gold one is N801AD.
Chapter 4
Typical for its type
How hard has it been used?
Used at about the rate of most of the fleet, so its maintenance intervals have been used up at a normal pace.
Flights a monthLead measure. 56th percentile
5.7middle Global Express 5.1
Days flown a month50th percentile
4.1 dmiddle Global Express 4.1 d
Estimated hours a year26th percentile
≈123 hrmiddle Global Express ≈160 hr
Harsher means harder on the aircraft than three quarters of Global Expresses; typical is the middle half. Percentiles compare this aircraft with every tracked Global Express, over its record since 1 Jan 2025.
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The fleet is shown, and whether N801AD sits inside its middle half. Its grades and values are in the full report.
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Hours per landing, middle Global Express: 2.3 : 1
Also graded: short hops. Leg length is shown as context.
N801AD 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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Also graded: damp air, freeze–thaw, near the coast and moisture in the air.
Not graded: not enough data.
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Short runways, middle Global Express: 46%
Also graded: hot, high takeoffs; density altitude; dust and dry climate.
N801AD 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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The Aircraft Ledger. “N801AD: how this Bombardier Global Express is flown.” Data through 31 Jul 2026. theaircraftledger.com/aircraft/n801ad
About 113 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 56 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.
N801AD made 56 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 5 a month, and flew on about 4 days in each month it flew.
20 of its 56 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, 39%, crossed a border.
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