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Operational record · single airframe

N816JD · Honda HondaJet HA-420 flight activity

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

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Last 12 months

How N816JD has been flying

N816JD flies about two and a half times as often as the middle HondaJet HA-420, well above the 3 to 7 flights a month flown by the middle half of the fleet.

Flights, 12 months
89

Tracked by ADS-B, so a minimum.

Estimated hours, 12 months
≈103 hr

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

Days flown a month
5.5 d

Against 3.1 d for the middle HondaJet HA-420.

Last tracked
May 2026

Last tracked in May 2026. Published seven days later, by month only.

Month by month

89 flights over 10 active months

Flights per month · shaded band is the middle half of the fleet (2.9–6.7 a month)

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N816JD flew more than the middle half of the fleet in 7 of 12 months. Its busiest month was December 2025, with 20 flights.

Its busiest month was December 2025, with 20 flights. It did not fly in June 2026. The record has 45 tracking gaps, so about one flight in 2 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
8.9

Against 4.4 for the middle HondaJet HA-420 (85th). Used harder than most.

Home baseContext
In the report

Share of flying days from one field.

The data behind it

Against all 189 tracked HondaJet HA-420s, over its record since 1 Jan 2025.
DimensionBelowMedianAboveThis tailPctile
Flights a monthHarsherLead metric
In the months it flew
8.9
middle HondaJet HA-420 4.4
85th
Days flown a monthHarsher
Days with at least one flight
5.5 d
middle HondaJet HA-420 3.1 d
82nd
Estimated hours a yearHarsher
From time in the air
≈122 hr
middle HondaJet HA-420 ≈70 hr
82nd
Route shape only. No airports or dates named.

How it travels

Its flying is spread across many routes.

Most-flown pair
3%

3 of 89 flights, both directions.

Top three pairs
8%

Spread across many destinations.

International
8%

7 flights crossed a border.

N816JD’s flying is spread across many routes. Its most-flown pair of airports carries 3% of flights, 3 of 89, counting both directions. Its top three pairs make up 8%, so about nine flights in ten go somewhere else. Of its 89 tracked flights, 7 (8%) crossed a border.

Chapters 01–03

Fatigue, corrosion, engines and brakes

01 Fatigue

Close to the type

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

N816JD is in here

middle HondaJet HA-420 1.3 : 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

N816JD is in here

middle HondaJet HA-420 0%
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

Not graded: not enough data

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
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 N816JD

  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 HondaJet HA-420s

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
N316SA99≈122
N120HF121≈124
N221CX72≈171
N311HJ100≈112
N809CN89≈90
Questions

About N816JD

How many hours does N816JD fly a year?

About 103 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 89 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.

How often is N816JD flown?

N816JD made 89 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 7 a month, and flew on about 6 days in each month it flew.

Does N816JD fly internationally?

7 of its 89 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, 8%, crossed a border.

When did N816JD last fly?

It was last tracked in May 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 N816JD 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 N816JD?

All four graded chapters (Fatigue, Corrosion, Engines and brakes, and Utilization), each against the tracked HondaJet HA-420s, 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 N816JD’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 HondaJet HA-420s 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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