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 56% of Citation Longitudes, by flights a month.
Tracked flights
457
in the twelve months, about 38 a month
Busiest Citation Longitudes
66th
of 148 tracked, by flights a month
Estimated hours
≈700
in the twelve months, from time in the air
Flights a month, every tracked Citation Longitude
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N856QS flew more than the middle half of the fleet in 8 of 12 months. Its busiest month was May 2026, with 48 flights.
Its busiest month was May 2026, with 48 flights, and its quietest March 2026, with 18. The record has 202 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 N856QS.
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
33.7middle Citation Longitude 32.2
Days flown a month66th percentile
16.8 dmiddle Citation Longitude 15.5 d
Estimated hours a year50th percentile
≈611 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 N856QS 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.
N856QS 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.
N856QS sits inside the middle half. 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.
N856QS sits inside the middle half. Its grade and exact place are in the full report.
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The Aircraft Ledger. “N856QS: how this Cessna Citation Longitude is flown.” Data through 31 Jul 2026. theaircraftledger.com/aircraft/n856qs
About 700 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 457 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.
N856QS made 457 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 38 a month, and flew on about 18 days in each month it flew.
21 of its 457 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, 5%, crossed a border.
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