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 57% of Citation Longitudes, by flights a month.
Tracked flights
364
in the twelve months, about 30 a month
Busiest Citation Longitudes
64th
of 148 tracked, by flights a month
Estimated hours
≈525
in the twelve months, from time in the air
Flights a month, every tracked Citation Longitude
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N889QS flew more than the middle half of the fleet in 5 of 12 months. Its busiest month was June 2026, with 82 flights.
Its busiest month was June 2026, with 82 flights. It did not fly in August 2025. The record has 186 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 N889QS.
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. 57th percentile
33.9middle Citation Longitude 32.2
Days flown a month55th percentile
15.8 dmiddle Citation Longitude 15.5 d
Estimated hours a year47th percentile
≈598 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 N889QS 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.
N889QS 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.
N889QS 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.
N889QS sits inside the middle half. Its grade and exact place are in the full report.
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The Aircraft Ledger. “N889QS: how this Cessna Citation Longitude is flown.” Data through 31 Jul 2026. theaircraftledger.com/aircraft/n889qs
About 525 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 364 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.
N889QS made 364 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 30 a month, and flew on about 16 days in each month it flew.
15 of its 364 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, 4%, crossed a border.
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