Tail record, Cessna Citation Longitude, United States register
Flown about as much as most Citation Longitudes: inside the middle half of its type.
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Busier than 51% of Citation Longitudes, by flights a month.
Tracked flights
423
in the twelve months, about 35 a month
Busiest Citation Longitudes
73rd
of 148 tracked, by flights a month
Estimated hours
≈686
in the twelve months, from time in the air
Flights a month, every tracked Citation Longitude
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N801QS flew more than the middle half of the fleet in 5 of 12 months. Its busiest month was March 2026, with 71 flights.
Its busiest month was March 2026, with 71 flights, and its quietest February 2026, with 10. The record has 180 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 148 tracked Citation Longitudes. Every dot is one aircraft; the gold one is N801QS.
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. 51st percentile
32.5middle Citation Longitude 32.2
Days flown a month47th percentile
15.3 dmiddle Citation Longitude 15.5 d
Estimated hours a year63rd percentile
≈674 hrmiddle Citation Longitude ≈611 hr
Harsher means harder on the aircraft than three quarters of Citation Longitudes; typical is the middle half. Percentiles compare this aircraft with every tracked Citation Longitude, over its record since 1 Jan 2025.
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The fleet is shown, and whether N801QS sits inside its middle half. Its grades and values are in the full report.
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Hours per landing, middle Citation Longitude: 1.6 : 1
Also graded: short hops. Leg length is shown as context.
N801QS 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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Salt air, middle Citation Longitude: 10%
Also graded: damp air, freeze–thaw, near the coast and moisture in the air.
N801QS 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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Short runways, middle Citation Longitude: 22%
Also graded: hot, high takeoffs; density altitude; dust and dry climate.
N801QS sits inside the middle half. Its grade and exact place are in the full report.
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The Aircraft Ledger. “N801QS: how this Cessna Citation Longitude is flown.” Data through 31 Jul 2026. theaircraftledger.com/aircraft/n801qs
About 686 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 423 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.
N801QS made 423 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 35 a month, and flew on about 16 days in each month it flew.
31 of its 423 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, 8%, crossed a border.
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