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Operational record · single airframe

N890CL · Dassault Falcon 900 flight activity

88 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, on about 9 days a month and an estimated 175 hours in the air.

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Last 12 months

How N890CL has been flying

N890CL flies about three times as often as the middle Falcon 900, well above the 4 to 7 flights a month flown by the middle half of the fleet.

Flights, 12 months
88

Tracked by ADS-B, so a minimum.

Estimated hours, 12 months
≈175 hr

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

Days flown a month
8.7 d

Against 3.6 d for the middle Falcon 900.

Last tracked
Jul 2026

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

Month by month

88 flights over 6 active months

Flights per month · shaded band is the middle half of the fleet (3.5–7.1 a month)

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N890CL flew more than the middle half of the fleet in 5 of 12 months. Its busiest month was July 2026, with 38 flights.

Its busiest month was July 2026, with 38 flights. It did not fly in August 2025. The record has 44 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
13.7

Against 4.8 for the middle Falcon 900 (96th). Used harder than most.

Home baseContext
In the report

Share of flying days from one field.

The data behind it

Against all 452 tracked Falcon 900s, over its record since 1 Jan 2025.
DimensionBelowMedianAboveThis tailPctile
Flights a monthHarsherLead metric
In the months it flew
13.7
middle Falcon 900 4.8
96th
Days flown a monthHarsher
Days with at least one flight
8.1 d
middle Falcon 900 3.6 d
95th
Estimated hours a yearHarsher
From time in the air
≈317 hr
middle Falcon 900 ≈107 hr
97th
Route shape only. No airports or dates named.

How it travels

Its flying is spread across many routes.

Most-flown pair
5%

4 of 88 flights, both directions.

Top three pairs
14%

Spread across many destinations.

International
6%

5 flights crossed a border.

N890CL’s flying is spread across many routes. Its most-flown pair of airports carries 5% of flights, 4 of 88, counting both directions. Its top three pairs make up 14%, so about nine flights in ten go somewhere else. Of its 88 tracked flights, 5 (6%) 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

N890CL is in here

middle Falcon 900 1.7 : 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

N890CL is in here

middle Falcon 900 2%
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

Outside the middle of the fleet

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

N890CL is out here, on one side or the other

middle Falcon 900 22%
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 N890CL

  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 Falcon 900s

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
N18CG196≈207
N83HD167≈290
N84HD176≈280
N900EU174≈311
N44LC110≈249
Questions

About N890CL

How many hours does N890CL fly a year?

About 175 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 88 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.

How often is N890CL flown?

N890CL made 88 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 7 a month, and flew on about 9 days in each month it flew.

Does N890CL fly internationally?

5 of its 88 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, 6%, crossed a border.

When did N890CL last fly?

It was last tracked in July 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 N890CL 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 N890CL?

All four graded chapters (Fatigue, Corrosion, Engines and brakes, and Utilization), each against the tracked Falcon 900s, 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 N890CL’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 Falcon 900s 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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